The new, state-of-the-art workshop provides qualified in-situ capacity and field support and offers a wide range of service functions, including propulsion system repairs, engine component overhaul work and other services. Initially, the facility will be served by 12 highly trained personnel, and additional field-service engineers will be recruited during the coming months.

Wärtsilä currently serves the area from Wärtsilä Sweden's main facilities in Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden, and since 2006 also from a smaller workshop in Sundbyberg close to Stockholm. Wärtsilä currently employs over 300 people in Sweden.

Mr Bo Dahlén, President & General Manager Services, Wärtsilä in Sweden, says: 'Through investing in this workshop we want to ensure the best support for our customers. We have seen an increase in the number of requests for our services on the east coast, and our facilites in Sundbyberg have become too limited to allow us to adequately support these needs. Our marine customers will now have better options for service in the Stockholm area, which might lead to more companies establishing in the region'.

Wärtsilä's investment in the 700m2 service centre at Beckholmen is based upon the notable increase in shipping traffic along Sweden's east coast. Several large shipping companies are already operating services from Stockholm, while more and more cruise and ferry vessels are visiting the Swedish capital. The new freight terminal close to Södertälje is also attracting an increase in containership tonnage to the area. The potential for marine services in the area is, therefore, significant.

Pictures from the inauguration will be available at www.wartsila.com

Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers.

In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000 employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.
www.wartsila.com

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American Honda Motor Co., Inc., today announced the opening of a third West Coast port facility, in Richmond, Calif. The company will shift a substantial portion of its current vehicle import operations from the port of San Diego to the new Richmond facility. The expansion will help American Honda to more efficiently serve its Honda and Acura dealers in Northern California and will support greater rail capacity for transporting vehicles to points east.

The new 80-acre facility, known as the Point Potrero Auto Center, will allow American Honda to greatly decrease shipments of vehicles by tractor trailer from Southern California to Northern California, helping to reduce CO2 emissions associated with new-vehicle distribution. The facility will also support efficient east-bound rail shipments critical to Honda's overall logistics network.

"Establishing these operations in Richmond will help us secure and balance our long-term logistics needs," said Dennis Manns, assistant vice president of logistics for American Honda. "This additional port not only ensures future rail and port capacity, but it also has a net environmental benefit, a key goal for Honda in all of its operations."

American Honda's port expansion is estimated to eliminate 1,720 truck trips from San Diego to northern California, totaling more than 1.5 million miles of truck travel each year. This will result in an annual reduction of approximately 3,200 metric tons of CO2 from American Honda's logistics operations in the region.

In addition to ports in Richmond and San Diego, American Honda operates a port facility in Portland, Oregon.

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Honda Marine announced today an all-new online sales training program that provides comprehensive sales educational modules for Honda Marine dealerships.

Honda's newest course, part of the company's online training solution, Honda Marine University, is designed to promote sales education excellence among Honda Marine dealerships nationwide. The comprehensive program is intended to train dealership sales associates on the features and benefits of Honda Marine's products.

As part of the course offering, dealers also can learn more about Honda's newest fuel-efficient outboard engine, the BF60/BFP60. The BF60 horsepower (hp) model is setting a new best-in-class standard in the mid-range boat segment and features, including Easy Dock Steering™ , BLAST™, Lean Burn Control™ and a host of Honda-exclusive innovations.

Honda Marine University was produced in conjunction with Irvine, California-based Pacific Technology Solutions (PTS). Since its launch nearly two years ago for service education, more than 5,300 service professionals have embraced the Honda Marine University online curriculum - one that affords Honda the ability to train service professionals on an individual level while maintaining a consistent, customer-focused message across its dealer network.

Honda Marine University provides dealership staff with a timely education model that is available 365 days of the year, is available from any location and meets the challenges of dealership education scheduling. Earlier in 2009, Honda earned a MarCom Platinum Award for its computer-based dealer service training.

"Honda Marine's commitment to an outstanding customer experience is unparalleled, and providing excellent training tools to our marine dealers has always been a hallmark of Honda Marine's business model," said Scott Conner, assistant vice president, Honda Marine. "Our all-new Honda University training program offers an engaging, interactive and simple way for Honda Marine dealer personnel to maintain high training standards."

Honda Marine pioneered four-stroke outboard engine technology, setting a new benchmark for fuel efficiency, quiet operation, and low emissions. Honda's outboards share the same unparalleled durability, quality, and reliability of its legendary automobiles. With models ranging from 2 to 225 horsepower, the Honda Marine full line of current production models certify to California Air Resources Board (CARB) 3-Star standards, ensuring their availability and regulatory compliance in all 50 states.

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Today, STX Europe's shipyard in Turku, Finland will officially hand over Oasis of the Seas to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL). The 360 metres long vessel is powered by Wärtsilä's most modern, high technology equipment. Oasis of the Seas is equipped with a total of six Wärtsilä 46 engines, three 12-cylinder and three 16-cylinder engines, generating more than 96 MW. The vessel is also equipped with four 5.5 MW Wärtsilä bow thrusters, which are among the largest in the world.

Wärtsilä's engines are equipped with common rail technology, which provides an important and very visible advantage. As the combustion and other process parameters can be adjusted for lower load ranges, smoke emissions can be reduced.
Wärtsilä continuously aims to improve the environmental performance of its products and solutions, with the main focus being on improving efficiency and minimizing emissions.

The Wärtsilä bow thrusters make the vessel easy to operate. They have a combined power output of 22 MW. In fact, the bow thrusters alone have more power than is installed on a normal cargo ship.

Pushing the boundaries of cruise ships

Royal Caribbean International, a brand of RCCL, is consistently pushing the boundaries of what is thought to be possible, offering more options and choices for its guests by introducing innovative amenities and a revolutionary design that achieves higher safety and environmental standards.

The cruise line's Freedom of the Seas was the largest passenger ship in the world when it was launched in 2006, and the largest ever built in terms of passenger capacity (3634) and gross tonnage (154,407), both records now shared by two other Royal Caribbean vessels of the same class.

And now comes Oasis of the Seas, with a passenger capacity of 5400 and a gross tonnage of 225,282. At 360 metres bow to stern, she is 23 metres longer than the Freedom class vessels and introduces even more innovative amenities than ever before. Oasis of the Seas has the first-ever living park at sea, with 12,175 plants, 62 vine plants, and 56 trees and bamboo. There's a full-sized carousel, rock climbing walls, and two surfing simulators that allow guests to surf on the deck and a spectacular amphitheatre-style AquaTheater at the stern of the ship.

Wärtsilä provides the power to meet the onboard energy demand

Propelling a vessel 360 metres long, 65 metres wide and carrying up to 8500 people - 2165 of them crew members - is no small achievement. The vessel's air-conditioning systems, production of 50 tons of ice cubes each day, and heating the water in the 21 swimming pools and Jacuzzis, together consume several megawatts of power. As does carrying all the supplies needed for a seven-day cruise.

The engines are essentially a power plant that produces electricity, which is then used to run everything on board. The majority is used for propelling the vessel, but this floating holiday destination also has many other energy users. 'After propulsion, air conditioning is next on the list of major onboard energy consumers,' says Fred Danska, Director, Cruise Business at Wärtsilä.

Long-term cooperation between Wärtsilä and Royal Caribbean

'This is a quantum leap in terms of development,' says Fred Danska, who has worked closely with Royal Caribbean for many years. 'We've been working with Royal Caribbean on this project for several years, but our relationship goes all the way back to the '70s.'

Most of the Royal Caribbean ships have featured Wärtsilä equipment, and Oasis of the Seas is no exception.

The size of the vessels isn't the only thing that has changed in the 40 years Wärtsilä has been working with Royal Caribbean. The engines have undergone continual development, as have customer preferences and choices. What was important in the 1980s is less important today.

In the mid-1990s, suppliers of gas turbines made moves to replace diesel engines on cruise ships. Wärtsilä came up with a solution that reduced emissions. This was common rail injection technology, now also fitted to Oasis of the Seas. 'Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has selected Wärtsilä's common-rail-type engines for its other brands in the past. This is however our first common rail delivery to Royal Caribbean International,' says Danska.

The highest standards of service and technology

'Studies indicate that cruises have higher customer satisfaction ratings than any other form of vacation, higher even than trips to Las Vegas or Disneyland, and that's their primary competition. Cruise companies are in the leisure business, not the shipping business,' says Danska.

'There's still a lot of potential for growth in the cruise business,' says Danska. 'Even if the vessels get bigger, they'll continue to fill them. We haven't reached any upper limit yet.'

Progress is continually being made below deck as well, and future cruise ships will be even more environmentally sound, thanks to Wärtsilä's work on SOx scrubbers and LNG (liquefied natural gas)-fuelled engines. Using LNG will eliminate all SOx emissions, reduce NOx emissions by 80 per cent, and CO2 emissions by more than 20 per cent.

Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers.

In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000 employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.

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Waterloo, Iowa . — John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) is pleased to announce a revised free extended warranty program for recreational marine customers. The recreational yacht extended warranty program will offer eligible marine customers a 5-year/2,000-hour extended warranty at no additional cost.

This program, available worldwide through John Deere engine distributors, their respective marine dealers, OEM boat builders and OEM boat dealers, is applicable to new propulsion engines installed in newly constructed or repowered vessels.

The JDPS free extended warranty program is only valid for engines installed in non-revenue-generating recreational applications. New JDPS marine engines used in non-revenue-generating applications are eligible for both the free standard and the extended warranty programs.

"Our marine engines continue to build upon John Deere's strong reputation of performance, durability and reliability because we're committed to ensuring our marine customers experience the same confidence in their engines that our agricultural and construction customers have enjoyed for decades," said Dave Flaherty, marine marketing manager for John Deere Power Systems. "We believe that our free 5-year/2,000-hour extended warranty will provide our recreational marine customers with additional value and years of worry-free cruising."
Warranty details:

* The recreational yacht extended warranty program is intended for vessels that are owned by individuals and used strictly for personal recreation. Recreational vessels used for chartering, touring or ferrying passengers — where passengers are charged a boarding fee — are not eligible for the program.

* The warranty covers John Deere marine engine components, electronic control unit (ECU) and John Deere-supplied accessories. Maintenance and third-party parts are not covered under the extended warranty program.

* Engine installation and performance must be consistent with John Deere's application guidelines, and verified by sea trial. The engine must be operated within its intended duty profile with a correctly sized propeller, and customers are required to perform scheduled maintenance.

Extended warranties up to 5 years are also available for commercial applications worldwide; conditions apply. For more information, contact the John Deere Power Systems distributor or marine engine dealer that serves your area.

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The high treatment capacity and safety of operation, that are features of the Wärtsilä Senitec units, were instrumental factors in the decision. By installing Wärtsilä Senitec bilge water treatment systems, the amount of bilge water to be disposed ashore can be reduced by as much as 95 per cent, a level of treatment that is almost unprecedented on the market. Wärtsilä bilge and oily water treatment units are certified according to the latest IMO and US Coast Guard regulations.

'We believe that continuous improvement leads to lean, agile processes and excellence in general. Stolt strives to select partners who display a similar philosophy. We recognized the excellence of continuous improvement in the Senitec unit, which is clearly the market's most evolved unit,' says Rob Scharff, General Manager of Purchasing and Logistics at Stolt Tankers B.V.

The Wärtsilä Senitec M-series range encompasses the M500, M1000 and M2500 bilge water treatment units, capable of treating 0.5 to 2.5m3 of oily water per hour respectively. All units guarantee that the oil content in the treated water will be no more than 15 ppm (parts per million), with real case levels being below 1 ppm during continuous operation. Together with the Wärtsilä's Solidpac add-on, the units can reduce the amount of bilge water for disposal ashore by as much as 95 percent, thus minimizing the environmental impact and significantly lowering disposal costs.

The Wärtsilä Senitec BilgeGuard™ is a bilge discharge monitoring system that constantly monitors and records the quantity of water being discharged overboard, as well as its oil content, and the time and location of the vessel. Should the effluent, for any reason, contain an oil level exceeding the set limit, the flow is rerouted to the sludge tank. The system provides both a safety net, and a means of documenting what and where discharges have been made.

All equipment from Wärtsilä's water treatment product line is designed and built by Wärtsilä in Göteborg, Sweden.

More information and full details on the full range of Wärtsilä oily water separation equipment can be obtained by visiting: www.wartsila.com/senitec

Welcome to meet us at Europort Maritime exhibition in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 3-6 November on stand number 1.301!

About Stolt Tankers B.V.
Stolt Tankers B.V. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen S.A., one of the world's leading providers of transportation services for bulk liquid chemicals, edible oils, acids, and other specialty liquids. Stolt-Nielsen S.A. provides integrated transport solutions for its customers through the parcel tanker, tank container, terminal, rail and barge services of its wholly owned subsidiary Stolt Tankers & Terminals and Stolt Tank Containers. Stolt Sea Farm, wholly owned by Stolt-Nielsen S.A., produces and markets high quality turbot, sole, sturgeon, and caviar. Stolt-Nielsen is currently listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

www.stolt-nielsen.com

Wärtsilä in brief:
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers.
In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000 employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.

www.wartsila.com

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Primus Epic® Based Cockpits Can Be Upgraded Overnight

NBAA, ORLANDO, Fla. -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it has obtained Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for new avionics functionality for current production Gulfstream aircraft.

The new capabilities include:

• Enhanced features for the industry-best Synthetic Vision–Primary Flight Display (SV-PFD), based on Honeywell's award-winning SmartView™ synthetic vision system,
• Future Air Navigation System (FANS 1/A),
• Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), and
• Wide Area Augmentation System-Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (WAAS-LPV).

With the additional features, current production Gulfstream G350, G450, G500 and G550 aircraft will be able to operate to Required Navigation Performance - Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Required (RNP SAAAR) values of 0.1 nm separation (RNP 0.1).

The enhanced SV-PFD brings several new features to the best synthetic vision system in class, including the use of range rings, allowing the flight crew to naturally gauge the distance of terrain and obstacles from the aircraft, and high resolution runway detailing that allows the crew to clearly identify visually the runway they are taking off from, further reducing the risk of a runway incursion.

'These new avionics capabilities are designed to accommodate the planned features of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) and Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) functionality, and are easily accommodated in PlaneView cockpits based on our Primus Epic technology because of the expandability and growth we built into the system,' said Rob Wilson, President, Business & General Aviation, Honeywell Aerospace. 'Honeywell's flight management systems will improve operating costs and air traffic management capabilities on business aviation aircraft, saving time and reducing emissions.'

The addition of WAAS-LPV approach capability will give these aircraft access to more than 1,300 WAAS approaches in the United States. The certification of the new production Gulfstream G350, G450, G500 and G550 aircraft to RNP SAAAR 0.1 capability will mark the first time any aircraft has ever achieved both the standard of RNP 0.1 capability and WAAS/LPV, and will enable the aircraft all major approach types worldwide including low RNP and WAAS/LPV approaches.

'The expandability of PlaneView cockpits, based on our Primus Epic architecture, is the true promise of avionics flexibility and growth we pledged to the industry when we began developing the first fully integrated cockpit in aviation history,' Wilson said. 'With a software upload, these aircraft will be Next Gen compliant, giving Gulfstream operators the functionality they need today and the knowledge that their PlaneView cockpits can be further expanded to meet future flight requirements.'

RNP is a key component of the FAA's next-generation performance-based navigation system. It utilizes global positioning and inertial reference system navigation, allowing aircraft to fly predetermined paths loaded in their flight management computers. Honeywell is also offering its Go Direct Services, which assists operators in attaining RNP SAAAR operational approval. 'RNP will save Gulfstream operators both time and fuel costs during airport operations and this functionality will improve aircraft capability in the evolving air space operations,' said Chad Cundiff, Vice President, Crew Interface Systems, Honeywell Aerospace. 'Honeywell's Go Direct Services is the leading service for operational approval of Gulfstream operators. It offers operators a complete suite of services to help them gain operational approval for RNP SAAAR in a timely manner including the ability to perform RNP SAAAR database validation, thereby offering operators a turn-key solution for the implementation of RNP SAAAR.'

RNP SAAAR procedures help aircraft access airports at weather minima lower than many other types of approaches and fly more precise approaches and departures, increasing operational efficiency and reducing operating costs, noise and emissions. WAAS provides vertical guidance during LPV approaches, increasing navigation accuracy and availability. FANS is designed to allow more aircraft to safely and efficiently utilize oceanic airspace using automatic dependent surveillance and data link technology.

The new avionics capabilities for the Gulfstream G350, G450, G500 and G550 aircraft will also include paperless terminal charts and maps, allowing the crew to leave all their paper charts while at home and enjoy an unprecedented redundancy that far exceeds industry standards.

The new avionics functionality is complemented by a significant improvement in the aircraft position accuracy through the introduction of High Integrity GPS – Hybrid (HIGH) Step 1 update to the Honeywell Integrated Reference System (IRS) units. This upgrade allows a more robust aircraft position display by blending the GPS signal with the position measurements coming from the IRS, allowing for a graceful degradation in case of GPS signal loss, a significant improvement when flying GPS-based approaches like RNP or WAAS-LPV.

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Honeywell's aerospace business is a leading global provider of integrated avionics, engines, systems and service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, business and general aviation, military, space and airport operations.

Honeywell International (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York, London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywellnow.com.

This release contains certain statements that may be deemed 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that we or our management intends, expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based upon certain assumptions and assessments made by our management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate. The forward-looking statements included in this release are also subject to a number of material risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting our operations, markets, products, services and prices. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ from those envisaged by such forward-looking statements.

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Being the only year-round ice-free port in north western Russia, Murmansk is rapidly being developed as a major transport hub. It is also the operational centre for the development of the vast Shtokman gas condensates field. The port is home to more than 20 maritime companies, and is attracting an increasing number of international companies to the region.

'Local presence and availability are of utmost importance in assuring efficient customer support. The new Service Centre in Murmansk is a further step in our strategy to continuously develop our unique worldwide service network,' says Christoph Vitzthum, Group Vice President, Wärtsilä Services.

Full range of sales and service support

The Wärtsilä Murmansk Service Centre provides a full range of sales and support services for all local marine and offshore customers. The service capacity will enable Wärtsilä to offer more efficient and fully focused support to the growing fleet of merchant vessels, offshore vessels, offshore platforms, and offshore facilities in the region.

The Service Centre offers overhauling of main and auxiliary marine engines, as well as maintenance and repairs of ancillary equipment, pipework, electrical equipment, ship automation systems, and other equipment.

The Murmansk service workshop is being staffed initially with 15 employees, but this number is expected to increase in the near future. The majority of employees are being hired locally. They will be trained both at the Wärtsilä Land & Sea Academy in Finland, and on site according to Wärtsilä's global standards.

Pictures from the inauguration will be available later today at www.wartsila.com/press.

Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers.
In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000 employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.
www.wartsila.com

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Stena Navigator will be substantially upgraded and creates an opportunity to introduce a new cruiseferry concept. With substantial passenger areas and expanded free wifi and free movies, the ship will offer a new travelling experience.

The introduction of the Stena Navigator will expand Stena Line's
current fleet of the HSS Stena Voyager and Stena Caledonia and provides the company with an opportunity to make a number of changes to its existing timetable which better reflect the needs of its customer base. It means Stena Line can now offer up to 14 crossings on the route each day.

Paul Grant, Stena Line's Stranraer-Belfast Route Manager, said: "The introduction of the Stena Navigator will give us the opportunity to provide our customers with an increased number of travel and timetable options. The additional capacity on the route will also enable us to expand in time for what we hope will be a more buoyant 2010.

"While trading conditions remain challenging, Stena Line is confident about the future and is putting the necessary investment in place to ensure that it can leverage a competitive advantage when the economic upturn arrives. We will announce details of our revised timetable over the next few weeks."

Over the last 10 years Stena Line has invested over £100m in its Northern Corridor route including the opening of a new £37m terminal at Belfast Port last June. At present a planning application to the Scottish Government to establish a similar facility to the north of Cairnryan is under consideration.

About Stena Line:
Stena Line is the Irish Sea ferries market leader, offering the biggest ferry fleet and the widest choice of routes between Britain and Ireland including Stranraer to Belfast, Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire and Dublin Port, Fishguard to Rosslare and Fleetwood to Larne. The company carries over three million passengers on its Irish Sea routes each year, more than its rival operators combined.

Stena Line PR Contact:
Nigel Tilson
UK Communications Manager
Victoria Terminal 4
West Bank Road
Belfast
BT3 9JL
028 9088 4036
www.stenaline.co.uk

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