Shafts and Propellers

ABB is to provide innovative permanent magnet (PM) shaft generators for 12 of Newcastlemax bulkers ordered by Himalaya Shipping. The Bermuda-based shipowner will take delivery of the series of 210,000 dwt ships from New…

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply shaft power generator systems to provide power take-off from the main engines for two LNG Carrier vessels. The carriers are being built at Hyundai…

Damen Marine Components has delivered two large 19A nozzles to Parlevliet & Van der Plas for its 142-metre fishing trawler, the Margiris. The vessel has recently undergone a modification project at Damen…

After closing a deal on 30 June to buy Caterpillar Propulsion AB and re-establish Berg Propulsion, the company announced plans to consolidate its manufacturing in Sweden.

Propellers are now just about as efficient as they can get, believes Jens Ring Nielsen, a senior technical engineer for MAN PrimeServ in Denmark.

Caterpillar Luxembourg SARL has agreed to sell Caterpillar Propulsion AB and its subsidiaries to a holding company controlled by former Berg Propulsion coo Stefan Sedersten

Damen Marine Components has won an order for three sets of steering and rudder systems for three dual-fuelled trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) currently being built at Keppel Offshore & Marine’s shipyard…

MAN Energy Solutions’ China Production and Four-Stroke Denmark’s Aft Ship & Propeller Department have signed an intercompany agreement aimed at expanding the propeller business in China.

Rolls-Royce has signed a 10-year service agreement with Svitzer covering spare parts deliveries in six countries for a fleet of 17 tugs powered by MTU-brand Series 4000 engines.

Damen Marine Components (DMC) has been contracted to supply the rudders and steering gear for the fifth Infinity-class vessel to be built for SunStone Ships by China Merchants Heavy Industries to an…

A Damen Marine Components (DMC) project to retrofit a rudder on a Coastal Transportation vessel has reduced operational noise and made manoeuvring easier.

The International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) emissions reduction targets are driving a propulsion revolution as ship owners and operators seek to find alternatives to fossil fuels.

Adrian Miles, managing director of Stone Marine Propulsion, discusses the potential energy savings offered by the company’s Gate Rudder propulsion device