Wärtsilä delivers low-noise propulsion solutions for Canadian Coast Guard research vessels
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 13 October 2020 at 3:00 PM EESTThe technology group Wärtsilä has supplied specialised propulsion solutions for three Offshore Fisheries Science Vessels (OFSVs) built for the Canadian Coast Guard at Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver, Canada. Low-noise propulsion is very important for the vessels’ primary mission, which is to carry out fisheries research. As such, Wärtsilä designed the propellers to deliver a high-cavitation inception speed to comply with these low underwater radiated noise