Wärtsilä's ship power unit is reorganizing into segments: merchant, offshore, cruise & ferry, navy, and special vessels.
Offshore staff
HELSINKI, Finland -- Wärtsilä's ship power unit is reorganizing into segments: merchant, offshore, cruise & ferry, navy, and special vessels. The company says the restructuring is "to respond better to market requirements, in terms of value proposition and technology development, as well as to be prepared for market fluctuations."
The rollout of the new model started on July 1, 2007 and will be complete by the end of the year. Wärtsilä has named the following personnel to head the ship power business segments:
•Merchant - Lars Anderson •Offshore - Magnus Miemois •Cruise & Ferry - Carl-Henrik Björk •Navy - Jaakko Eskola (acting) •Special Vessels - Fred van Beers
Other members of the new ship power management team are Henrik Wilhelms, marketing and sales; Timo Koponen, finance and control; and Arne Birkeland, ship power technology.
