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• Early delivery for IMO II M 20 C engine

  Caterpillar Motoren has announced early availability of the IMO II-compliant configuration of its MaK M 20 C marine engine. 25 Aug 2010

• 80-engine order for bunker tankers

  Wärtsilä has announced an order for 80 main engines for bunkering tankers for a Chinese operator. The company says that in terms of the number of engines, this represents one of its largest-ever orders. 25 Aug 2010

• Korean shipbuilders order PureBallast

  Alfa Laval has received two orders of claimed record size for its PureBallast systems from two shipyards in Korea to be installed on board 14 container vessels under construction for A.P Møller-Maersk. 31 Jul 2010

• Satisfactory tests results for Aalborg’s BWT solution

  Aalborg Industries in Denmark has successfully finalised the land-based tests towards obtaining IMO type approval for its AquaTriComb ballast water treatment system with what the company says are very satisfactory test results. 31 Jul 2010

• Wärtsilä powers Chinese semisub heavy-lift vessel

  Wärtsilä has signed a contract to deliver a ship power system for a 38,000 tonne semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for privately owned Chinese customer Zhejiang Share. 31 Jul 2010

• New gas engine signals ABB turbocharging 2-stage success

  Following a recent announcement centering on diesel engines, gas engine specialist GE has now reported the results of its joint development program with ABB Turbocharging for the application of two stage turbocharging on 4-stroke engines. 31 Jul 2010

• Hyundai Heavy develops eco-friendly gas engine

  Hyundai Heavy Industries has recently completed the test run of the newly developed high output eco-friendly HiMSEN gas engine H35G in Korea. 31 Jul 2010

• ABB Turbocharging introduces VCM

  Under the designation Valve Control Management (VCM), ABB Turbocharging and engine component specialist INA Schaeffler KG in Germany are developing an advanced variable valve train system. We first announced this joint venture in our web site news in November 2009, now ABB has officially announced that a prototype of the new VCM system is currently undergoing rigorous testing. Early results confirm its potential for highly flexible timing on four-stroke diesel and gas engines. 31 Jul 2010

• Wärtsilä and Robert Allan sign cooperation agreement

  Wärtsilä has signed a letter of intent with the Canadian ship design company Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) to develop a strategic cooperation agreement. 31 Jul 2010

• Pump group meets low-sulphur challenge

  When a major oil-tanker operator discovered its existing fuel oil pump system could not meet new environmental regulations for ships entering European ports designated in emission-controlled areas (ECAs), pump group Colfax became involved. 31 Jul 2010

• Turbo technology the key to clean low speed diesels

  MAN has completed the reorganisation of its engine and turbo businesses and the former MAN Diesel and MAN Turbo companies are now joined as a single enterprise, known as MAN Diesel and Turbo SE. 31 Jul 2010

• Turbo manufacturer addresses blade wear issues

  ABB Turbocharging of Switzerland has introduced new turbine blades for engines burning lower qualities of HFO and with especially heavy duty operating profiles. The axial turbine blades feature hard-faced tips to counter accelerated circumferential wear. 31 Jul 2010

• True hybrid power for marine propulsion

  Consulting engineering firm Ricardo is a well-known name in marine diesel engine circles; the company works closely with several major large engine companies, and such work has increased in both volume and importance as rising fuel costs and tighter emission regulations have forced engine designers as well as vessel operators to look towards ever more radical solutions to raising efficiency without compromising cleanliness. 31 Jul 2010

• Engine company launches SCR for inland waters

  Volvo Penta, together with Swedish emission control specialist STT Emtec, is introducing an effective solution to greatly reduce NOx emissions from high speed marine diesel engines. 31 Jul 2010

• Piston seals for cleaner engines

  According to UK company Marine Sealing Services, during the 1980s and 1990s, system oil contamination was a problem on the majority of two-stroke diesel engines. 31 Jul 2010