Wärtsilä is to supply main engines for two new pusher tugs being built for Brazilian operator Amaggi at the Beconal shipyard, located in Manaus, Brazil, designed with a focus on decarbonised operations. The engines will run on biodiesel, a capability said to be a key...
MAN Energy Solutions has been testing an engine-control system for dual fuel engines with a new feature known as ‘ME-GA-opti’ for optimal engine operation through individual cylinder control. The first LNG carrier in a series currently under construction by Samsung...
MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful first running of a test engine on ammonia at its Research Centre Copenhagen (RCC), the combustion test having been performed on a MAN B&W two-stroke 4T50ME-X type. The test produced positive results with...
MAN Energy Solutions has announced that the first ME-GA engine has completed gas trials aboard an LNG carrier built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) for Norwegian shipping company, Knutsen OAS Shipping. Bjarne Foldager, Head of Two-Stroke Business, MAN Energy...
Greece-based sustainable maritime equipment provider Erma First has launched a new energy saving device (ESD) that promises reduced fuel consumption and emissions in line with CII and EEXI requirements. With ship owners seeking practical and cost-effective tools to...
Norwegian propulsion company Brunvoll says that efficient machinery with CP propellers, a reduction gearbox with PTO/PTI, and control systems may be considered as the optimum system configuration for vessels with a versatile operational profile. The reduction gearbox...
Wärtsilä Automation, Navigation and Control Systems (ANCS), part of the Wärtsilä group, has launched a retrofit solution for its marine engine governor system in collaboration with Swedish marine green tech company Qtagg. The solution is designed to extend the...
NYK of Japan is to install a variable compression ratio (VCR) system on two large LNG-fuelled coal carriers to be built at Oshima Shipbuilding, scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2025. This will be the first time VCR systems are to be installed on vessels,...
Rolls-Royce has officially opened a new assembly plant for its mtu Series 2000 engines in Kluftern near Friedrichshafen, Germany, which the company says highlights the continuing role that the internal combustion engine is set to play in the energy transition through...
Following on from the announcement that A.P. Moller–Maersk (Maersk), the Danish integrated logistics company, is to retrofit a container ship for operation on methanol fuel, MAN PrimeServ – MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division – has signed a contract for the...
A recently christened 82.5m long passenger and car ferry owned by Stadtwerke Konstanz, the 'Richmond', is completing trials on the environmentally-sensitive Bodensee (Lake Constance). The vessel is powered by two 8-cylinder mtu Series 4000 gas engines from...
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine & Machinery recently held a demonstration of the 'HiMSEN' Natural Gas/Hydrogen co-firing technology event for major domestic and foreign customers who had shown an interest in hydrogen fuel. Ship owners and power generation...
Teekay Tankers has signed agreements to equip 25 additional tankers with Yara Marine Technologies’ FuelOpt propulsion optimisation technology, following the installation and evaluation of FuelOpt onboard 'Zenith Spirit' in 2021, followed by a further three vessels in...
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