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EFFICIENT ENGINE GETS POWER BOOST

EFFICIENT ENGINE GETS POWER BOOST

Wärtsilä’s 31 diesel engine, which the company points out is already officially recognised as being the most efficient in its class, is being upgraded for higher power output. The upgraded version delivers an increased power to size ratio within the same physical...

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Bim Ing
Ecochlor
SMALL PROPELLER DEFECTS CAN INCREASE NOISE POLLUTION

SMALL PROPELLER DEFECTS CAN INCREASE NOISE POLLUTION

According to Canadian propeller manufacturer Dominis Engineering, even a slight deviation in the machining, polishing, and finishing of ships’ propeller blades could result in excessive underwater radiated noise and cavitation, even if defects are within the tolerance...

KONGSBERG TECHNOLOGY FOR TWO MORE GRIMALDI GG5G RO-ROs

KONGSBERG TECHNOLOGY FOR TWO MORE GRIMALDI GG5G RO-ROs

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a repeat order from client Grimaldi Group to supply engineering and technology for two new 7800 lane metre ro-ro vessels, which will be built at China Merchant Jinling Shipyard, scheduled for delivery in 2025. Kongsberg Maritime will...

300th ORDER FOR FUEL OPTIMISATION DEVICE

300th ORDER FOR FUEL OPTIMISATION DEVICE

Yara Marine has secured the 300th vessel contract for FuelOpt, its automated propulsion optimisation system, which the company says strengthens its presence in the rapidly growing sector of vessel optimisation, as shipowners seek to minimise fuel costs and reduce...

METHANOL ENGINES ORDERED FOR BULKER NEWBUILDS

METHANOL ENGINES ORDERED FOR BULKER NEWBUILDS

Long-term MAN Energy Solutions licensee, Mitsui E&S Machinery, has won another contract to supply the individual MAN B&W 6G50ME-LGIM (-Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) engine for a 65,700 dwt bulk carrier to be built at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, this being the...

KONGSBERG EQUIPMENT FOR ITALIAN LOW-EMISSION NAVAL SHIP

KONGSBERG EQUIPMENT FOR ITALIAN LOW-EMISSION NAVAL SHIP

Kongsberg Maritime is to provide a suite of equipment to a newbuild ship named 'SDO-SuRS' (Special and Diving Operations - Submarine Rescue Ship) to be built by the Italian shipyard T Mariotti for Marina Militare Italiana (the Italian Navy). Crucial to this order is a...

WÄRTSILÄ AND BERGE BULK RETROFIT INLINE SHAFT GENERATOR FOR EEXI GAIN

WÄRTSILÄ AND BERGE BULK RETROFIT INLINE SHAFT GENERATOR FOR EEXI GAIN

Wärtsilä has successfully retrofitted an inline shaft generator system on the ‘Berge Toubkal’, a capesize bulk carrier owned by Singapore-based Berge Bulk. This is believed to be the marine industry’s first shaft generator retrofit, and its successful completion will...

Yara
Protea
WÄRTSILÄ TO POWER NEW SPANISH DUAL-FUEL FAST FERRY

WÄRTSILÄ TO POWER NEW SPANISH DUAL-FUEL FAST FERRY

Wärtsilä is to supply dual-fuel engines and high-performance axial flow waterjets for a new high-speed ro-pax ferry, to be named ‘Margarita Salas’, being built at the Astilleros Armon Gijon yard in Spain on behalf of the Spanish shipping company Baleària. The newbuild...

TURBO SERVICE AGREEMENT HELPS VLCC OPERATOR CUT EMISSIONS

TURBO SERVICE AGREEMENT HELPS VLCC OPERATOR CUT EMISSIONS

Accelleron Turbo Systems (Hong Kong) has signed a Turbo MarineCare agreement with Associated Maritime (Hong Kong), for the long-term provision of turbocharging servicing for 10 A175-L turbochargers on five AMCL operated vessels.  AMCL is both the owner of the...

FERRY CONVERTS WITH BRUNVOLL TO ZERO-EMISSION OPERATION

FERRY CONVERTS WITH BRUNVOLL TO ZERO-EMISSION OPERATION

From January 1, 2024, the 'Rygerbuen', which operates for Rødne Trafikk as a car ferry between Stavanger and Vassøy, will become zero-emission vessel with electric propulsion from Brunvoll. Brunvoll, which specialises in system supplies for workboats and smaller...

RO-PAX GETS PROPULSION MAKEOVER TO CUT CO2

RO-PAX GETS PROPULSION MAKEOVER TO CUT CO2

Swedish green tech company Qtagg recently secured an order for a total upgrade of ro-pax vessel 'Silja Europa’s' propulsion control system, with the aim of decreasing l decrease the ship’s fuel consumption by 6% and CO2 emissions by 2096 tons yearly. The overhaul...

WinGD AND CMB.TECH PARTNER ON AMMONIA-FUELLED ENGINE PROJECT

WinGD AND CMB.TECH PARTNER ON AMMONIA-FUELLED ENGINE PROJECT

Swiss marine power company WinGD and Belgian shipping and cleantech group CMB.Tech have signed an agreement on the development of ammonia-fuelled two-stroke engines, with the aim to install the ammonia dual-fuel X72DF engine on a series of 10 210,000 dwt bulk carriers...

Protea
CR Ocean
Danfoss
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