Engines, turbochargers, fuel systems, propellers, waste & water, engineroom equipment (including engine room safety), gears, couplings & shafts.
Caterpillar Motoren has announced early availability of the IMO II-compliant configuration of its MaK M 20 C marine engine. 25 Aug 2010
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
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
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 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
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 Industries has recently completed the test run of the newly developed high output eco-friendly HiMSEN gas engine H35G in Korea. 31 Jul 2010
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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