2-Stroke & 4-Stroke

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Dr Holger Gehring, Senior Manager at PrimeServ Academy in Augsburg, shared details of the first 4-stroke lubricating oil miscibility test, which was recently concluded

15th February 2024

MAN ES completes first 4-stroke miscibility test

15th February 2024

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Christhard Bongers, MAN PrimeServ’s head of spare parts sales, explains to The Motorship how the benefits of its MyPlace solution extend beyond inventory management.

13th February 2024

Digitalising spare parts management “is just the beginning”

13th February 2024

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Seabound, a UK-based carbon capture solutions developer, has successfully concluded a test of its carbon looping carbon capture technology on a commercial container ship, Lomar’s container feeder Sounion Trader. The technology developer now plans…

9th February 2024

Successful onboard carbon looping CCS pilot

9th February 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions has announced that it will deliver the fuel supply system for two new gas carriers that will operate with ammonia fuel. The EXMAR LPG medium-size gas carriers will be the first oceangoing…

8th February 2024

Wärtsilä NH3 FSS order for EXMAR gas carriers

8th February 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

MAN Energy Solutions and C.C.JENSEN (CJC), the oil maintenance specialist, recently signed a Cooperation Agreement regarding the promotion and sales of CJC products by MAN PrimeServ, MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division in…

8th February 2024

MAN PrimeServ and C.C. JENSEN Sign Cooperation Agreement

8th February 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

A bulk carrier is to be converted to run on next-generation fuels under an EU-sponsored initiative aimed at accelerating international shipping’s decarbonisation. The EUR17m ($18.2m) GAMMA collaborative project, named in reference to…

8th February 2024

EU Backs efuels Retrofit for Bulker

8th February 2024

METHANOL

METHANOL

DESMI has launched a new mag-drive centrifugal pump, adding a magnetic coupling to its range of centrifugal pumps. The technology offers particular advantages for a methanol fuel system, combining the high efficiency and robust reliability…

6th February 2024

DESMI launches mag-drive centrifugal pumps

6th February 2024

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

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…

6th February 2024

DNV study validates energy efficiency gains for DFE+ propulsion solution for LNGCs

6th February 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Belgian manufacturer ABC Engines has raised its game in the methanol-capable four-stroke market by winning the contract to power one of the largest cableships ever ordered.

5th February 2024

Belgian Maker Lands Methanol Engine Deal

5th February 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding and Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry in China have ordered 4 × MAN 10L32/44CR main engines in connection with the construction of 4 × 41,000 dwt oil-and-chemical tankers for German Tanker…

1st February 2024

MAN Propulsion Package to Power Tanker Quartet

1st February 2024

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Rolls-Royce Power Systems Division opened a new Remanufacturing and Overhaul Center on its mtu Aiken campus in South Carolina (USA) on 24 January. The new facility is connected to the existing manufacturing operations and…

25th January 2024

Rolls-Royce Power Systems opens US remanufacturing service centre

25th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) has announced that it will provide a low-speed two-stroke dual-fuel engine capable of operating on ammonia for an ammonia-fuelled medium-sized gas carrier, which will be constructed at Nihon Shipyard.…

25th January 2024

Japanese Consortium Targets 2026 For First NH3-Fuelled Gas Carrier

25th January 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

MAN Cryo has announced that its design for an ammonia fuel-supply system to safely provide ammonia to marine-engine applications has been awarded an Approval in Principle from classification societies, DNV and Bureau…

23rd January 2024

AiPs for MAN Cryo NH3 FSS

23rd January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

WinGD is expecting to secure the majority of dual-fuel engine orders for LNG carriers being built in the second phase of QatarEnergy’s newbuilding project. With initial engine and technical specifications confirmed for…

23rd January 2024

WinGD expects to claim ‘majority’ of QatarEnergy phase two engine orders

23rd January 2024

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Chinese industry has reached another logistical milestone through the delivery of the first pure car/truck carrier(PCTC) built at a domestic yard specifically for the export of Chinese-made vehicles.

23rd January 2024

Fleet Build-Up For Chinese Car Exports

23rd January 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

IACS has announced that it has developed a Unified Requirement (URH1) covering the release of ammonia from the onboard systems for bunkering, storing, preparing and using ammonia as fuel.

18th January 2024

IACS adopts new UR on control of ammonia releases on NH3-fuelled vessels

18th January 2024

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

A EU-led project to bring forward the introduction of ammonia cracking technology connected with a PEM fuel cell into the marine industry has been awarded funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and…

15th January 2024

Corvus participates in EU APOLO ammonia cracker project

15th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Karpowership, the world’s largest operator of power barges, has signed a contract with MAN Energy Solutions for the delivery of 48 dual-fuel engines for Karpowership’s fleet of power plant ships (Powerships). The…

11th January 2024

Karpowership inks contract for 48 DF engines with MAN ES

11th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

InfluxData, the creator of the leading time series database InfluxDB, has announced that MAN Energy Solutions is using InfluxDB to drive real-time analytics across its connected equipment operations.

10th January 2024

MAN ES advances data analytics with InfluxData tie-up

10th January 2024

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has been awarded the contract by Royal Boskalis B.V., the Dutch dredging and marine services company, to supply 3 × MAN 49/60 engines for a 31,000 cbm Trailing Suction…

10th January 2024

First marine application for MAN 49/60 engine

10th January 2024