Propulsion – Page 43
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NewsWärtsilä 31 engines paired with waterjets for Baltic fast ferry
The technology group Wärtsilä will provide the propulsion solutions for a new high-speed ferry being built by Austal at the Australian shipbuilder’s yard in the Philippines for Danish operator Molslinjen. The solution will pair Wärtsilä 31 engines with high-performance Wärtsilä WXJ1500SRI waterjets for the first time in a fast ferry ...
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NewsBureau Veritas awards type approval for WinGD’s 12X92DF engines
Class society Bureau Veritas awarded type approval for WinGD’s dual-fuelled 12X92DF engines, the first series of which is currently being built by China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) and will power nine ultra-large container ships (ULCS) owned by the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics. The engines ...
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NewsMAN's most powerful Mk10.5 type engine enters service
HMM, the South Korean shipping company, has launched the first in a series of 12 ultra-large containerships that will each feature individual MAN B&W G95ME-C10.5 low-speed main engines. At 23,964 TEU, the HMM Algeciras is the world’s largest containership and is bound for a working life between Asia and Europe. ...
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NewsNew series and new facilities for new brand
Less than a year after its formation, PBST has had a promising start and is already “co-developing an updated radial turbocharger series, which will be available to highspeed engine manufacturers very soon,” its marketing and communications manager Denis Pissarski told The Motorship. No details about that project are available yet, ...
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NewsMES wins first order for its latest THS concept
What is believed to be the first order for Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding’s (MES) latest version of its turbo hydraulic system (THS2) was placed in February for installation on a Mitsui-MAN B&W 7S65ME-C8.5 engine for a 208,000dwt bulk carrier.
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NewsTuning the engine through the air intake.
Combustion optimisation usually involves tricky remodelling of fuel injection parameters... but there is another approach - through the air flow.
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NewsWE Tech solutions for 8+6 LNG carrier order
WE Tech has received a new order from Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Shipyard to deliver direct drive permanent magnet shaft generators to eight new LNG carriers destined for long-term charter to Shell LNG. The order includes an option for six further LNG carriers.
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NewsWärtsilä offers FuelFlex ICU upgrade
Technology group Wärtsilä is offering an upgrading solution for its FuelFlex Injection Control Unit (ICU) to meet the requirements of operating its RT-flex type two-stroke diesel engines with both residual and low-viscosity marine fuels. The solution is available for retrofitting on vessels with Wärtsilä RT-flex96C-B and RT-flex84T-D two-stroke engines, and ...
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NewsMTU offers ‘agile’ electrically-assisted turbocharger
Agility and efficiency: Those are the watchwords for MTU’s turbocharger development, its director of development, turbocharging and fluid systems, Johannes Kech, told The Motorship.
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NewsWärtsilä supplies two-stroke engine optimisation solution for KOTC VLCCs
Wärtsilä has been contracted to retrofit an engine optimisation solution, Wärtsilä Fuel Efficiency Boost, to the main engines of four vessels owned by Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC). The order with Wärtsilä was placed in the first quarter of 2020.
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NewsJapanese consortium to develop ammonia-fuelled vessels
A Japanese consortium is collaborating in a project to develop ships designed to use ammonia as fuel, using a MAN ES ammonia-fuelled engine as the prime mover.
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NewsBow foil operational results reveal fuel savings
Wavefoil, the Norwegian bow foil technology company, said its retractable bow foil solution had significant fuel savings after analysis of six months of performance of its first installation aboard a Faroe Islands based ferry.
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NewsMAN engines for offshore installation vessel
China Merchant Heavy Industry (CMHI) has placed an order for six MAN main engines for the building of a new 5,000 tonne floating installation crane vessel for the Jan De Nul Group.
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NewsSchottel supplies propulsion gear for SOV
Schottel will supply a range of propulsion systems for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs'' second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV).
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NewsWE Tech to supply shaft generators for Geogas Maritime newbuilds
WE Tech has received a new order from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries'' Shipyard, South Korea to deliver direct drive permanent magnet shaft generators to two new LPG carriers ordered for LPG specialist Geogas Maritime.
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NewsMAN ES wins RN frigate contract
MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply propeller equipment for five general-purpose frigates to be constructed by Babcock International Group.
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NewsMAN powers new Baltic RoRos
MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply Tier II-compliant main engines for three RoRo vessels intended for operation in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsSchottel propels heavy lift crane vessel
Jan De Nul has ordered a heavy lift crane vessel capable of lifting 5,000 tonnes from the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China.
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NewsSchottel EcoPeller in first ever retro-fit
The Schottel Rudder EcoPeller is set to be used in a retrofit project for the first time when two SRE 340 L CPs are installed on board a ferry owned by Norway-based Torghatten Trafikkselskap.
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NewsWE Tech to supply RoLo propulsion for Bore
WE Tech has received a new order from Wuhu Shipyard, China to deliver its Solution One Economical Operations to three new Rolo vessels.
