Wärtsilä caps record-breaking year with scrubber order at Japan Marine United shipyard
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 15 April 2021 at 11.30 AM EESTThe technology group Wärtsilä managed a record-breaking amount of scrubber deliveries in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights the continued interest in exhaust gas abatement systems as long-term solutions for the global fleet. A significant order was booked in November 2020 with a Japanese shipyard, Japan Marine United (JMU), to install a 25MW scrubber on a new Japanese-owned Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) set to be delivered in 2022. The order on this newbuild VLCC reinforces the long-term