Propulsion

Italian engine manufacturer Seatek is probably the only diesel engine builder in the world that builds engines dedicated to the marine market, writes Dag Pike.

Gearbox manufacturer Reintjes is the latest company to enter the developing market for pod drives for smaller vessels, writes Dag Pike.

Rolls-Royce and Converteam have recently secured multi-ship high-power propulsion contracts with Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics NASSCO, writes Henrik Segercrantz.

Advances in turbocharger design allow smaller frame sizes, energy savings, higher efficiency, reduced emissions and cost savings, writes David Tinsley

After 30 years of service, the Colombian Navy’s Almirante Padilla class frigates are being modernised at the Cotecmar naval dockyard.

The further development of MTU’s series 1163 engine for the IMO Tier II limits is described by Christoph Fenske, senior manager, application center marine, naval surface craft at MTU Friedrichshafen.

At the Augsburg fountainhead of its medium-speed engine technology, MAN Diesel & Turbo has this year opened a new emissions test facility.

Representing a further major stage in the evolution of its 320mm-bore medium-speed engine, Wartsila’s popular W32 series has been augmented by new models offering a 16% power advance over the earlier engine…

Independent producer of medium-speed engines Anglo Belgian Corporation(ABC) has provided the propulsive power for a new generation of shortsea cargo vessels commissioned by the UK-based company Union Transport.