Wärtsilä supports Brittany Ferries with new LNG-fuelled ferry
Published by Abi Larkin,
Editorial Assistant
LNG Industry,
The technology group Wärtsilä will provide technical support via a long-term service agreement for its broad scope of solutions installed on Brittany Ferries’ latest RoPax vessel, the Salamanca. The 10-year agreement was signed in December 2021. The ferry will be inaugurated on March 25, and make its first commercial sailing from Portsmouth, UK, to Bilbao, Spain, on March 27.
The Salamanca is the first LNG-fuelled passenger ferry to operate from the UK. The vessel’s multi-fuel Wärtsilä engines are also adapted to utilise even cleaner fuels, such as synthetic or bio-methane, as and when they become available.
“We have a responsibility to operate as environmentally efficiently as possible, and the choice of LNG-fuelled propulsion is in line with this commitment,” said Arnaud Le Poulichet, Director of Engineering and Maintenance, Brittany Ferries. “The advanced technical support provided by Wärtsilä will optimise the ship’s operational performance, thus further raising its level of sustainability.”
The extensive scope of the service agreement includes remote operational support and Wärtsilä’s digital predictive maintenance solution, ‘Expert Insight’. The product combines artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and advanced diagnostics with the company’s OEM expertise to identify anomalous equipment or system behaviour. It proactively identifies and highlights potential failures, allowing appropriate actions to be taken, thus ensuring optimal uptime.
The agreement also includes long-term maintenance planning, emphasising a fully controlled and optimised maintenance budget, with round-the-clock technical and operational support provided from Wärtsilä’s expertise centres.
“We congratulate Brittany Ferries on the inauguration of the Salamanca, a ferry that is in complete alignment with the maritime sector’s ambitions towards decarbonised operations. The service agreement will ensure that the vessel’s sustainable propulsion solutions will be efficiently maintained so that its carbon footprint is minimised at all times,” said Nicolas Rossi, Agreement Sales Manager, Wärtsilä Marine Power.
The Salamanca was built at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (CMJL) facilities in China. It features two Wärtsilä 46DF dual-fuel main engines and three Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel auxiliary engines with gas valve units. Wärtsilä have also supplied two LNGPac fuel storage, supply, and control systems, two tunnel thrusters, two tail shafts, the stern tube seals, a Wärtsilä Aquarius Ballast Water Management System, and Wärtsilä’s Nacos Platinum integrated navigational system.
Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/liquid-natural-gas/30032022/wrtsil-supports-brittany-ferries-with-new-lng-fuelled-ferry/
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