Propulsion

Kawasaki Heavy Industries believes that its hybrid propulsion solution for offshore vessels offers value to owners even with fuel prices at low levels. Stevie Knight reports.

The first four battery-driven ferries in the world will feature Siemens technology after the company won a contract for propulsion systems on two new vessels to be built for Norwegian operator Fjord1.

Rolls-Royce has concluded a deal to provide propulsion and deck machinery for five cruise ships being built at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone and Ancona shipyards in Italy.

A new 158m loa car and passenger ferry being built for Danish operator Mols-Linien will be powered by two eight-cylinder Wärtsilä 31 main engines.

A patent filed recently by Google proposes harnessing the company’s Makani energy kite to ships in order to provide propulsion power for vessels.

Kongsberg Maritime has completed an extensive refit of a 21-year-old main engine, remote control system aboard a VLCC during the vessel’s scheduled docking.

Rolls-Royce has successfully completed a year of sea trials of its new Azimuth Permanent Magnet Thruster which it made available to customers for the first time at this year’s SMM exhibition.

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s has revealed its newest two-stroke engine designs, heralding the launch of a new mass-optimised platform on which subsequent engines will be based.

The ultra-long stroke G-type engines introduced by MAN Diesel & Turbo just six years ago have become the fastest selling series in the company’s history, with 1,500 orders so far.