Simon James Nicholls

Wartsila Hamworthy Ltd. designs, develops and manufactures marine fluid handling systems for ships, offshore oil and gas facilities. The firm provides specialist systems and services to the oil & gas and marine industries. The company's divisions are: Pump Systems, Oil & Gas Systems, Water Systems and Inert Gas Systems. The Pump Systems division designs and manufactures a broad range of centrifugal and long-shaft deep well pumps, selling to the marine and offshore markets. The Oil & Gas Systems division provides technologies to the mid and upstream oil & gas markets. The Water Systems division provides waste water treatment systems for the cruise ship and commercial marine markets and freshwater generation systems for the cruise ship market. The Inert Gas Systems divisions is used to allow safe offloading of oil and gas cargoes from oil tankers, gas carriers and FPSOs in line with international safety legislation. The company was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Poole, the United Kingdom.