French shipowner and maritime services provider Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has selected Schottel to supply its RudderPropellers Dynamic (SRP-D) propulsion units for two new Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for European energy company Vattenfall. The new...
ABB has decided that its Turbocharging division needs a new brand name for its heavy duty diesel and gas engines turbochargers, and has settled on 'Accelleron', which the company explains as a compound word made up from Access – Accelerate – Excel – on and on....
WinGD’s series of 920mm bore size X92 engines, which power some of the largest vessels in the world, in both the dual fuel Otto-cycle and traditional Diesel-cycle platforms, are said to be providing the efficiency and emissions performance ship-owners need to deliver...
PSA Marine Peru, a wholly owned subsidiary of PSA Marine of Singapore, has contracted Cheoy Lee Shipyards (CLS) in Hong Kong for equipping one newly built tug with Schottel RudderPropellers featuring the patented Sydrive-M technology. As a mechanical hybrid solution...
Thordon Bearings has unveiled the BlueWater Seal, a new propeller shaft seal with a believed unique Safe Return to Port (SRTP) design that specifically meets commercial shipping industry needs for a low maintenance and robust shaft seal. The Thordon BlueWater Seal...
MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ Augsburg, has completed the retrofitting of dual SCR systems aboard the ‘Amadea’, a cruise ship chartered by Phoenix Reisen of Germany and managed by BSM Cruise Services. Also known as Das Traumschiff, the...
Wärtsilä has signed a five-year Optimised Maintenance Agreement, with an option to extend for another five years, with Canadian ferry operator Societé des Traversiers du Quebec (STQ), covering two vessels, the ‘Jos Deschenes II´ and the ‘Armand Imbeau II’, each...
Brunvoll has signed a contract with Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for the delivery of azimuth propulsion units and control systems for autonomous operation of two electrical double ended shuttle ferries for Fjord1 in Norway. The sister vessels are designed by HAV Design...
MAN Energy Solutions has announced a new licence agreement, recently signed with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI-EMD) for MAN’s TCT axial turbocharger series. Due to run for ten years, this is the first turbocharger licence agreement MAN Energy Solutions has signed with...
German propulsion company Schottel has introduced new digital products and services, which it says can open up numerous possibilities for optimising ship operations. MariHub offers data collection, processing and evaluation directly on board the vessel: the system...
In light of the emerging trend for decarbonisation within the marine sector, MAN Energy Solutions notes that the modular design of the conventionally fuelled, low-speed ME-C engine portfolio lends itself to extensive retrofit options in regard to alternative green...
In response to increasing demand for critical machinery alignment and troubleshooting services from the maritime industry, On Site Alignment has expanded its global network through the establishment of two new offices in the US and the UAE. Adding to services already...
A Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) icebreaker is helping to keep shipping moving on the Great Lakes throughout the winter with a set of Thordon Bearings’ propeller shaft bearings that were fitted more than 30 years ago. Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Griffon, the...
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