No financial details were disclosed.

Reederei Blue Star is a fully-owned subsidiary of P&O Nedlloyd BV, and its container vessels are time-chartered to P&O Nedlloyd.

Under the agreement Wartsila said it will provide regular inspections, all maintenance planning and work, all spare parts, along with operation support and regular reporting for the main engines, generating sets and all relevant ancillary systems in the ships' engine rooms.

Wartsila is also responsible for contract management and global coordination of these activities.

The company said it will apply modern remote monitoring technologies and condition-based maintenance principles to secure reliability and achieve long- term savings.

Initially, the agreement covers a series of nine 2550 TE.U. Blue Star container vessels. Delivered from Korea in 2003 and 2004, the vessels are each powered by a seven-cylinder Sulzer RTA72U-B main engine of 21.5 megawatt output, and four diesel generating sets with a combined output of 6.5 megawatt.

The initial ships' machinery covered by this agreement has an aggregate power of 252 megawatt.

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