Wärtsilä is to supply engines for a new purpose-built semi-submersible heavy transport vessel (HTV) which is designed to minimise exhaust emissions and maximise fuel efficiency. The ship is being built for Switzerland-based offshore contractor Allseas Group at the...
EUDP (Energiteknologiske Udviklings- og Demonstrationsprogram /Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme), a Danish state initiative, has announced the ‘NH3 Spark – FutureFlex’ project, with the aim of developing a dual-fuel, four-stroke genset engine...
Wärtsilä will supply its type 20 main engine and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system for a new 40.9m long fishing vessel, specifically designed for lobster fishing in North Atlantic waters. The new vessel has been ordered by Canadian operator Clearwater...
MAN Energy Solutions has announced that it will deliver the world's most powerful two-stroke methanol engine in June 2025. The engine, a MAN B&W 12G95ME-C10.5-LGIM (liquid gas injection methanol) type rated at 82,440 kW at 80 rpm, is currently being built by...
MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful Type Approval Test (TAT) of its dual-fuel MAN L35/44DF engine for application as auxiliary genset and electric propulsion at constant speeds, respectively, of 720 and 750rpm. The TAT involved the testing of both...
According to maritime services company Goltens, in recent years the lack of replacement actuators for larger diesel engines and, in some cases, turbines has been a growing problem for shipowners. Qtagg has launched a range of new actuator units to replace the...
Swedish company Berg Propulsion has signed an extended collaboration agreement with China’s Jiangsu Dajin Industry. The agreement follows Berg being named the shipyard’s ‘supplier of the year’ for 2024. Building on longstanding relationships between senior management...
Wenchong shipyard in China, part of the CSSC Group, has ordered four shipsets of three MAN 8L21/31 MK2 gensets in connection with the construction of four 96m C-CSOVs (construction and commissioning service operation vessels) operated by DO (Deutsche Offshore...
Schottel is equipping what are said to be the first large purpose-built dual-fuel methanol escort tugs based on the Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) RASalvor 4400-DFM design for towage company Kotug Canada. The two tugs will be equipped with rudder-propellers featuring the...
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...
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