Rolls-Royce has successfully tested the world’s first high-speed marine engine powered exclusively by methanol on its test bench in Friedrichshafen. Together with the other partners in the meOHmare research project, Rolls-Royce engineers consider this as an important...
Wärtsilä has introduced its NextDF technology for a third engine, the Wärtsilä 46TS-DF dual-fuel engine. While operating on LNG, the Wärtsilä 46TS-DF engine with NextDF feature is intended to reduce methane emissions to less than 1.4% of fuel use across all load...
US electric boat company Arc says it is bringing the first electric portable tugboat to the Port of Los Angeles; the company is retrofitting a small 26ft (8m) long tug in a new partnership with Portland shipyard Diversified Marine. The project aims to begin a new era...
Japan Engine Corporation (J-Eng) has recently started ammonia-fuelled co-firing operation of the first full-scale engine to be developed under the 'Green Innovation Fund Project: Next-generation Ship Development' of Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology...
Wärtsilä is to upgrade the Wärtsilä RT-flex main engines on two bulk carrier vessels owned by Turkey-based Ulusoy Sealines. The planned engine retrofits and upgrades will extend the vessels’ operational life and improve both performance and fuel efficiency, thereby...
Swiss marine power company WinGD is to integrate hybrid power and energy systems on four 113,600 dwt wind-assisted tankers under construction for Union Maritime Limited (UML). The agreement marks the first time that WinGD’s X-EL Integrated Energy solution will be...
MAN Energy Solutions reports that its ME-GI engine has continued its strong start to 2025 by winning orders for eight engines for a series of container ships, originally designated as single-fuel conventional engines from an unknown engine designer. The orders are...
The Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in the Netherlands has ordered two MAN 16V175D MEM engines, each rated 2,400kW at 1,800 rpm in connection with the building of an MPV (Multi-Purpose Vessel) vessel ‘Easymax 5’ for Dutch outfit Wagenborg. The engines will be employed...
Brunvoll has signed a contract with Rizhao Gangda Shipyard for the delivery of an extensive propulsion, manoeuvring, and dynamic positioning (DP) system for an emergency towing vessel (ETV). The vessel will be owned by Smit Lamnalco, a subsidiary of Boskalis, and will...
Wärtsilä has introduced a new methane slip reduction solution for its Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engine, which involves conversion of Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel (DF) engines to LNG-only spark gas (SG) operation. The company says this enables an optimised combustion process,...
MAN Energy Solutions reports that its MAN 175D high speed engine has recently won two separate orders to power newbuildings for the Portuguese Navy. Damen Shipyards Group of the Netherlands has ordered MAN 175D engines in connection with the construction of a...
Caterpillar Marine has entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SAAM Towage to assess and implement alternative power solutions, including electrification and alternative fuels such as methanol and ethanol, for its tugboat fleet. The first SAAM Towage tugboat...
Dutch maritime research institute Marin has verified that efficiency levels modelled for the ABB Dynafin propulsion concept will convert to real-world ship performance gains, following tests at Marin's Concept Basin. The enhanced efficiency has been found to correlate...
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