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MARITIME POWER “When we talk about gas at Wärtsilä, we become a little bit excited. ... We love gas. We think this is the fuel of the future.”

Björn Rosengren Björn Rosengren

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At Norshipping in Oslo, Wärtsilä introduced the Wärtsilä 31, self-described by the company as a transcendent power plant in terms of fuel ef? ciency and economy, a claim vali- dated by the Guinness World Records which has stamped it as the most ef? cient four-stroke diesel engine in the world.

Björn Rosengren, President and CEO of Wärtsilä, sat with

Maritime Reporter to lend perspective and insight to this development and the maritime market as a whole.

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