Wärtsilä to upgrade Siem Offshore Platform Supply Vessel with energy-saving hybrid propulsion
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 28 October 2021 at 9.30 AM EESTThe technology group Wärtsilä will upgrade the ‘Siem Pride’, an 89 metre-long Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) owned by Norway based Siem Offshore Rederi, for hybrid engine and battery propulsion. The upgrade will enable the vessel to reduce the number of engines in use during operations, thereby considerably lowering its energy and fuel consumption. The order with Wärtsilä was signed in the 2[nd] quarter, 2021.
Central to the conversion will be the Wärtsilä HY Module, which is a