Propulsion

MAN Diesel & Turbo and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co have built the first Mitsui-MAN ME-GIE engine, running on ethane, diesel or (after a simple conversion) methane.

MTU has reported successful bench tests for its pure gas, high-speed marine engine, the first to be launched by MTU parent company Rolls-Royce.

Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) has launched a DC grid power distribution system that it claims can be used to enable variable generator speed operations on diesel-electric vessels of any size.

Wärtsilä has won a contract for two new 8000m3 trailing suction hopper dredgers being built for the Adani group, Indias largest private multi-port operator.

A sealed-in piston cooling system under development by Federal Mogul could enable higher running temperatures, greater energy efficiency and reduced cooling oil costs for marine four-stroke engines.

A new piston ring coating under the Goetze brand promises reduced wear, lower friction and greater scuff resistance under test conditions.

The 19,437 teu container vessel ‘MSC Jade’, featuring a 75,570kW rated, 103,000hp engine from MAN Diesel & Turbo, was delivered on May 20.

Permanent magnet (PM) propulsion motor Thorque+ will be installed on a longline fishing vessel to be built in Poland.

Global technology company ABB has opened a new laboratory at its factory in Helsinki, Finland, enabling customers to have their own motors tested with ABB’s variable-speed drives (VSDs).

ABB is to deliver power, propulsion and its first automated shore-side charging stations for two HH Ferries vessels being converted tor electric operation.

Rolls-Royce is to spend £44 million (€57 million) redeveloping its azimuth thruster production centre in Rauma, Finland, and has recently completed a £3.5 million (€4.56 million) expansion of its service centre in…

The world’s largest cruise ship has taken to the waves ably assisted by Finnish marine engine specialist, Wärtsilä.

Technical presentations attended by The Motorship on the second day of CIMAC Congress 2016 covered three vital areas: cylinder wear; two-stroke engine advances and four-stroke gas technology.

With installed power and emissions high on the ship operator agenda, turbocharger manufacturers presented a host of concepts on the first day of CIMAC Congress 2016.

Caterpillar Maine’s new Marine Solutions Centre will be overseeing the delivery of the first Cat Marine Hybrid Thruster system.

Schottel has announced that its new high performance nozzle is now available in the Rudderpropper range.