With the acquisition of Total Automation Group of Singapore, and other electrical companies in North America and Europe, Wärtsilä now provides a total solution for automation and process control systems.
Wärtsilä Automation maintains, repairs and certifies the automation and control systems on ships, rigs, platform and petrochemical plants both onshore and offshore. These range from simple one-day visits to vessels at anchorage to fix the boiler controls through to major refits of fire or flood damaged vessels.
Wärtsilä Automation has full systems design and implementation capabilities for turnkey projects across the world. These projects range from new sales, retrofits and upgrades of automation and control systems on vessels, to the commissioning of instrumentation controls in both onshore and offshore rigs and plants.
The well organized team of instrumentation and technical engineers undertake specialist projects including the supply of control systems and upgrading of existing systems. They engineer, design and build anything from turret equipment rooms through to gas detection systems, boiler control system, burner management systems.
We design and manufacture control systems and engine control panels, alarm monitoring systems, switchboards and wheel house consoles for tugs, supply boats and other marine and offshore related vessels.
Whessoe Total Automation
The world-renowned Whessoe marine and land-based LPG and LNG gauging systems are part of the Wärtsilä Automation group of companies. Whessoe Total Automation Ltd. is based in Darlington, in the North East of England, representing more than 35 years of experience in marine gauging solutions. The company specializes in the supply, installation and commissioning of marine gauges for VLCC product tankers, chemical carriers, gas carriers etc. Its primary activity is in the supply, installation and commissioning of secondary cargo level tank gauging systems for LNG Carriers. The company is the worlds leading supplier of such systems with more than 98% of the new build market supplied worldwide to date.
In addition to the supply of gauging systems, Whessoe Total Automation Ltd represents two Korean marine equipment suppliers giving sales and technical service support in Europe. Specs of Korea are producers of Atmospheric Oil Mist Detection Equipment and they currently have 99% of their local new build market with increasing demands for support of this product in Europe. Hanla Level is a very well known marine gauging company based in Korea who also maintain high market share in their local new build market with increasing demands for support in Europe.
The company supports traditional Total Automation activities in Europe giving service support 365 days per year for general automation, running repairs and calibration services, through to support with major vessel refits and life extensions. By supporting in life extension projects and refits, the company can effectively support LNG carriers trading within European waters whilst maintaining full continuity of group activities.
Direct service support for Whessoe products is available in Singapore, U.A.E, Japan, Korea, The Gulf of Mexico and Europe.
