Sea trials have confirmed that CM Technologies’ scuffing sensor can detect early onset cylinder wear, preventing significant damage to two-stroke marine diesel engines, costly repairs and downtime. Trials onboard a number of large containerships and a two-stroke...
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (Mitsui E&S) has received a letter of Intent (LoI) for four methanol-fuelled engines, to the MAN B&W 6G80ME-C10.5- LGIM-EGRTC design, for container ships to be built by Japan Marine United Corporation of Yokohama. With...
ABB has been selected by the Astilleros y Servicios Navales (Asenav) shipyard based in Chile to provide a power and propulsion system for Antarctica21’s newbuild boutique expedition ship ‘Magellan Discoverer’. Due for delivery in 2026, the vessel is the first...
Chilean shipbuilder ASENAV (Astilleros y Servicios Navales) has ordered four MAN 6L21/31 Mk2 PLO (Part-Load Optimised) gensets for a 94m passenger cruise-ship newbuilding for Antarctic cruise operator Antarctica21. The Magellan Discoverer will be slightly larger than...
A propeller hub vortex cavitation-eliminating boss cap, developed by EcoMarine Innovations, has successfully completed validation tests at a hydrodynamic research centre in Sweden and will now undergo ship model basin trials to verify the efficiency gains on larger...
ABB has secured an order with Norwegian shipyard Ulstein Verft to supply an advanced power and propulsion system for a forthcoming cable-laying vessel (CLV) being built for Nexans. On delivery in 2026, the vessel will join Nexans Skagerrak and sister ship Nexans...
Schottel is to equip five new traffic safety vessels for the German Rhine Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSA) with electrically driven Schottel RudderPropellers. The Bolle shipyard in Derben, Germany, has been commissioned with the construction of the modern...
Maritime energy storage solution provider EST-Floattech has delivered and commissioned its Octopus Series battery system for the SFK Ferry 'Laboe', recently handed over to operator Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel (SFK) by Holland Shipyards Group (HSG). This is the...
According to ABB, classification society DNV has quantified the gains that owners of LNG carriers could expect to achieve using the new Dual Fuel, Electric+ (DFE+) solution developed by ABB and MAN Energy Solutions. Comprising MAN’s four-stroke 49/60DF dual fuel...
Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding and Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry in China have ordered four MAN 10L32/44CR medium speed main engines in connection with the construction of four 41,000 dwt oil-and-chemical tankers for German Tanker Shipping (GTS). The construction of the...
ABB and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) have signed a long-term partnership agreement to accelerate the decarbonisation and digitalisation of the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) fleet. Targeting increased safety and efficiency, the agreement covers 14 existing ships...
Brunvoll Mar-El has been contracted to deliver its standardised lightweight parallel hybrid solution for Rødne Fjord Cruise’s newest vessel, which will operate out of Bergen on guided tours in the area. Fast ferry builder Brødrene Aa has been chosen as both designer...
Swiss marine power company WinGD is expecting to secure the majority of dual-fuel engine orders for LNG carriers (LNGCs) being built in the second phase of QatarEnergy’s newbuilding project. With initial engine and technical specifications confirmed for nearly half of...
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