Brunvoll has been awarded another contract with AquaShip/Intership for the delivery of a comprehensive propulsion, thruster, and dynamic positioning (DP) system combination for a new live fish carrier. The choice of solutions is said to exemplify Brunvoll's and...
Norwegian ferry operator Torghatten Trafikkselskap recently upgraded one of its ferries' propulsion systems, which involved the installation of two Schottel EcoPellers (SRE), a move which allowed the vessel’s energy consumption, and thus its environmental impact, to...
Corvus Energy says that the sea trial of its new energy storage system—the Corvus Blue Whale ESS—has been declared successful. In 2018, Corvus Energy started a new project to develop the next-generation energy storage system (ESS) for maritime applications. The...
MAN Energy Solutions has announced that its portfolio of two-stroke, dual-fuel engines, which can run on a variety of alternative fuels, including LNG, methanol, ethane and LPG, now exceeds more than 1,000 units on order or in service. The company notes that the new...
WinGD’s latest generation of X72DF-2.1 engines will power 25 vessels as part of the QatarEnergy’s North Field East (NFE) project, believed to be the biggest LNG carrier newbuilding project in history. The 50 dual-fuel engines which feature the new on-engine iCER were...
MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ, has signed a contract to retrofit two LPG carriers for Tianjin Southwest Maritime, a Chinese liquefied gas carrier operator. The Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Guangdong) yard will host the conversions of the...
Hyundai’s shipbuilding division (HHI-SBD) has ordered six MAN B&W G95ME-C10.5-LGIM dual-fuel main engines in connection with the construction of six 17,000 TEU container vessels for AP Moller–Maersk. Hyundai’s engine machinery division (HHI-EMD) will build the...
Danfoss Power Solutions’ Editron division has been chosen to provide drivetrain systems for three hybrid passenger ferries that will operate on the Elbe River in Hamburg. German shipyard Schiffbau- u Entwicklungsgesellschaft Tangermünde (SET) will build the vessels...
Berg Propulsion has secured a substantial reduction in fuel consumption for a long-serving Baltic ferry, after a propeller blade replacement the supplier says can fit with 'any hub' which also met requirements to cut machinery vibrations. Stena Danica entered service...
Scandlines' double-ended ferry 'Prinsesse Benedikte', the last of four hybrid ferries operating between Puttgarden (Germany) and Rødby (Denmark), has had four new thrusters installed, being more efficient and thus energy-saving than the previous push thrusters. The €...
Netherlands-based battery technology company EST-Floattech has been selected by Future Proof Shipping of Rotterdam to supply equipment for the retrofitting of one of its inland container vessels, 'FPS Maas' with a zero-emissions hydrogen propulsion system. Future...
Damen Marine Components (DMC) has received another order for the supply of Flex Tunnels, complete rudder systems and Rotor Manoeuvring Systems (RMS), for two new pusher-barge combinations, being built at Den Breejen Shipyard of Hardinxveld-Giessendam. The yard will...
UK-based rotor sail company Anemoi Marine Technologies has reached an agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI), one of China’s major shipbuilding organisations, with nine yards capable of up to 7.5m dwt annual production across all major vessel segments and...
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