Propulsion

US engine manufacturer Cummins is aiming to take market share from medium-speed marine engines with the launch of its most powerful high-speed engine so far.

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s first G50 ethane-fuelled two stroke engine, destined for a 36,000m3 liquified ethane gas (LEG) carrier under construction for Hartmann Reederei, has passed type approval tests.

Wärtsilä has announced that it will launch its new WTT-40 transverse thruster at the Seatrade Cruise Global convention in Fort Lauderdale, USA.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has extended its licensing agreement with Japanese engine manufacturer JFE in a bid to extend its reach in Japan’s ferry market.

Electrical specialist, Norwegian Electric Systems (NES), has been awarded two new contracts with sea safety specialist Esvagt and fish transporter company Norsk Fisketransport (NFT).

Finland’s first battery powered car ferry will Siemens electric propulsion system when it begins operation in the summer of 2017.

US-based shipping company, Coastal Transportation, has made a new addition to its fleet, a 2,200dwt freighter vessel powered by a propulsion system from German manufacturer, Schottel Group.

In an extraordinary press release and conference call, Wärtsilä has revealed that fuel consumption tests on around 200 four-stroke marine engines have been deliberately fixed.

ABB has announced that it will supply the power, propulsion and energy storage solution for two vessels operating in the offshore oil and gas sector.

A second installation of Norsepower’s new Flettner rotor on Bore ro-ro vessel ‘Estraden’ marks the concept’s first commercial order and has doubled fuel savings.

Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines capable of running on LNG or conventional diesel fuels will power 16 new gas carrier ships being built in Japan for Japanese owners.

Rolls-Royce Marine is leading a three-year, £1.7 million project investigating propulsion applications of a magnetically geared motor developed by UK company Magnomatics.

Becker Marine Systems has presented a new rudder profile, the optimised Schilling Twisted Trailing Edge Rudder.

It might be time to reappraise the role of gas turbines on cruise ships, writes Stevie Knight

The new X-DF series of dual-fuel two-stroke engines will be tuned to enable running on a mixture of LNG and diesel over the coming year, according to engine designer Winterthur Gas &…

DNV GL explains the basis of new notations offering unlimited survey intervals for water lubricated tail shaft systems, dependent on condition monitoring.

The dual-fuel engine designed and developed by Winterthur Gas and Diesel (WinGD) equipped with a low-pressure gas admission system has successfully completed its Type Approval Test (TAT).

The latest Azipod XO podded propulsion has recently departed from the ABB factory in Helsinki.

Late last year The Motorship reported in-depth on the first of Evergas’ Dragon-class ethane carriers. At the Gas Fuelled Ships conference in November 2015 Carlo Contessi, general manager, Wärtsilä Italia, revealed how…