Wärtsilä has won a Vinashin Shipbuilding Industry Corporation contract to supply fixed pitch (FP) propellers for a series of five bulk carriers under construction for UK-based shipowner Graig Group.
The contract signed in November, marks Wärtsilä’s first FP propeller contract from a Vietnamese shipyard.
“Wärtsilä has previously supplied propulsion equipment for Graig’s award-winning Diamond 53 bulk carrier series but this is the first of a series of Wärtsilä FP propellers contracted by a Vietnamese shipyard.