Wärtsilä will supply a fully integrated, mechanical drive, propulsion package for new 6000 dwt LNG-fuelled tankers being built for UK fleet operator, James Fisher Everard, part of the James Fisher group of companies. The ships are under construction by China Merchants...
Castoldi has won a contract to supply waterjets for new ferries being built to substantially improve transport and infrastructure in the Maldives. The contract will see over 164 Turbodrive 400 HC waterjets supplied to equip the new vessels being built by UAE shipyard...
Propulsion company Brunvoll, together with compressor supplier Sperre Air Power, research partner Sintef and the shipowner Altera Infrastructure, formed a joint project in 2019 known as FAST, which was partially funded through a grant from the Research Council Norway....
Schottel has reached a mutual agreement with the US Lyon Shipyard that positions both companies for the expansion of the US offshore wind industry. According to Schottel, US wind farm operations will need a large fleet of Jones Act-qualified service operation vessels...
MAN Energy Solutions has signed a cooperation agreement with HSD Engine Co to deliver its EEXI (Energy Efficiency eXisting ship Index) solutions to MAN B&W-branded low-speed engines manufactured by HSD. The solutions come either as a complete package with an...
Caterpillar Marine is to adapt deep hybrid and electric expertise from across its enterprise, selectively incorporating technology from machine and off-highway products, to offer such systems to marine customers. These developments are considered to have potential to...
Wärtsilä propulsion solutions have been selected for the ‘Finnur Fridi’, a new pelagic fishing trawler under construction at the Karstensen shipyard in Denmark, Faroe Island based Krossbrekka, a member of the Vardin group. The 88m trawler will operate with a Wärtsilä...
Danish marine pump specialist Svanehøj says it is experiencing a significant increase in orders for deepwell fuel pumps as orders for dual-fuel vessels continue to increase. A large new order from Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding highlights the significant LNG pump...
As interest grows in the methanol pathway to decarbonisation, Wärtsilä has developed a dedicated fuel supply system for methanol, known as MethanolPac. Combined with the recently introduced Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engine and the company’s retrofit and system integration...
Hav Group company Norwegian Electric Systems has completed factory acceptance tests for a new Quadro Master Switchboard for the electric ferry 'Lote', which operator Fjord1 is converting from diesel mechanical propulsion to electric. The trademark blue cabinets...
Danfoss Power Solutions’ Editron division will power the UK’s first high-speed passenger ferries, with the first of two 40m long vessels built by Wight Shipyard Co joining the Uber Boat by Thames Clippers’ fleet in autumn 2022. The two new hybrid vessels, each capable...
From January 2023, the revised MARPOL Annex VI will enter into force and all existing ships of 400 GT and above must comply with the new EEXI requirements, meaning that owners of many thousands of vessels must promptly decide upon and implement a viable energy...
Japan Engine Corporation (J-Eng) has concluded a license agreement to grant the rights to manufacture and sell UE series Engines to Guangzhou Diesel Engine Factory (GDF) in China. The license is applied to all models with a cylinder bore of 33cm to 50cm (1,655 kW to...
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