While Wärtsilä has not named who the owner of the ship is, back in May Aurora Expeditions was announced as the operator for the first of a 4+6 multi-ship SunStone order had placed at the yard and that it also had options on the other three firmed newbuilds.
The contract with Wärtsilä was placed by Ulstein Design and Solutions of Norway, the company responsible for delivering the design and equipment package to the yard.
The full Wärtsilä scope of supply comprises two 6-cylinder Wärtsilä 20 engines fitted with the Wärtsilä NOR (NOx Reducer) exhaust gas cleaning system, and two 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 20 engines. The Wärtsilä NOR is based on SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) technology. The system is compliant with various NOx (Nitrogen Oxides) emission reduction needs, such as the IMO Tier III rules.
The Wärtsilä equipment will be delivered to the yard in January 2018, and the ship is expected to begin operations in September 2019.
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