Lloyd’s Register (LR) is working with US company Deployable Energy to advance the safe use of micro-nuclear reactor technology to power ships. LR Advisory has been guiding the development of Deployable Energy’s Unity Nuclear Battery, a compact, factory-built...
MAN Energy Solutions has delivered four engines – two MAN 12V32/44CR engines, each rated 7,200 kW and two MAN 8L32/44CR engines (rated 4,800 kW each) for a BRF naval supply vessel set to enter service in early 2023. The BRF is the first in a series of four such...
Due to the ongoing pandemic, and with companies and governments still deploying travel restrictions, CIMAC -the International Council on Combustion Engines - has taken the decision to reschedule its planned world congress event for a year. The event, normally held...
Three new LNG-fuelled ro-pax vessels being built for Swedish ferry operator Stena RoRo, under construction at China Merchants Jinling (Weihai) Shipyard,will feature a broad scope of Wärtsilä solutions. The vessels will operate with Wärtsilä engines and propulsion...
Brunvoll has signed a contract with Karstensens Skibsværft, Denmark for a propulsion, manoeuvring and control system for 'Polarbris', a Danish seiner for the owner Polarbris of Norway, to be designed and built by Karstensens Skibsværft. The Brunvoll delivery consists...
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey to deliver 20 high-performance, future-proof US205FP and US255FP thruster units for installation on new Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboats. This contract win is considered significant as one of...
Wärtsilä has received its first order for newbuild methanol-fuelled engines, to be fitted in a new offshore Wind Installation Vessel (WIV) being built for Dutch contracting company Van Oord at Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard in China. The WIV will be powered by five...
A Danfoss Editron marine drivetrain system is powering the Southern Hemisphere’s first fully electric passenger ferry, after the East by West Ferries service officially launched the ‘Ika Rere’ zero-emission vessel in Wellington, New Zealand. Research by the New...
Wärtsilä is to supply the main and harbour engines for a series of seven new Arctic Shuttle Tanker vessels being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) yard in South Korea, under a contrcat worth over €100m. The vessels will each feature six Wärtsilä 31DF...
Thordon Bearings has confirmed it has secured contracts to supply 24 TG100 propeller shaft seals to Drydocks World-Dubai and Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding and Repair yards for installation to six United Arab Emirates Navy vessels, with each quad screw ship operating a...
ABB Turbocharging is bringing what it describes as 'the benefits of propulsion digitalisation' to the shipping industry with the introduction of Turbo Insights, a new data analysis feature which offers insights based on operational data received from the vessel, at no...
Shipowner Norwind Offshore is to fit Kongsberg equipment to its two new Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs), to be built by Vard. Kongsberg Maritime’s scope of delivery encompasses a combination of systems which will enable the operator to maximise...
German propulsion company Schottel has been selected to supply main and auxiliary propulsion systems for an 8,000m3 LNG bunkering vessel, currently under construction at the Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering shipyard in China. This is the first LNG...
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