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With its first 520mm bore LSE engine now in service (see The Motor Ship, November 2001), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has now secured a first order for its 680mm bore LSE model. The…

ExxonMobil has taken two steps to better address the lubrication needs of turbochargers. It has reformulated its premium synthetic turbocharger lubricant, Mobil SHC 600 Series, and it is advocating the use of…

Hamworthy KSE is supplying sewage handling systems for seven open-hatch bulk carriers to be constructed at Stocznia Gdynia for US-based forest product company Westwood Shipping Lines. The 44,000g vessels are replacements for…

Transas Marine Pacific has won an order for a networked GMDSS simulator for the Pertamina Marine Education and Training Centre in Jakarta, Indonesia. In co-operation with its local agent, Panorama Timur Jaya,…

The usual diesel exhaust smell on the San Francisco tour boat Oski is gone, replaced by a scent more reminiscent of frying chicken or potatoes. This upgrade in aromas is a by-product…

Napier Turbochargers is performing validation tests on two high-performance turbochargers capable of a boost pressure ratio of five and a half to one (5.5:1). The product, labelled the 8-series, has been developed…

IAC has won the contract to supply acoustic enclosures for a series of new frigates being built at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai for the Indian Navy. In addition to containing the noise…

Veripos has established a new Inmarsat-based Differential GPS service for West Africa, Veripos-I, which, it says, will complement an existing HF area network and provide two independent reference facilities for continuous positioning…

Wärtsilä has won the contract to supply dual fuel engines to the two offshore supply vessels which Statoil said earlier this year would run on liquefied natural gas (see The Motor Ship,…

Fierce competition between MAN and ABB for their share of the large turbocharger market has not prevented a measure of compatibility, if unintentional, being demonstrated in their products. This is borne out…