Halyard Delivers Quiet Baby at London Boat Show

01 Apr 2003

Halyard launched their new Baby Moduline Aquadrive system at the London Boat Show earlier this month. It marks the first major redevelopment of the Aquadrive, a flexible coupling which fits between engine and driveshaft which has been in service for 20 years. 

Vetus Adds Small Electric Stern Thruster to its Range

01 Apr 2003

The Netherlands' Vetus Den Ouden adds to its range of side-directional bow and stern thrusters with the introduction this year of a small electric stern thruster which, in spite of a diameter of only 110 mm, provides a thrust of 25 kgf. 

Hamworthy KSE Non-Core Sales Continue

01 Apr 2003

Hatlapa Uetersener Maschineenfabrik and Becker Marine Systems of Hamburg have purchased the starting air compressor and Schilling rudder business from the UK's Hamworthy KSE Ltd last month. The partnership between Hatlapa and Becker made it possible for both companies to stand together as a mutual buyer for the two different product ranges. 

Dolphin Pods Successful in Sea Trials

01 Apr 2003

The first two Dolphin podded propulsion systems jointly developed by STN Atlas Marine Electronics and Wartsila Propulsion have successfully completed sea trials aboard Seven Seas Voyager, the new 50,000gt cruise liner for V Ships Leisure/Radisson Seven Seas which is due to commence service this month. 

Scania and Yanmar Agreement Clarification

01 Apr 2003

Concern has been expressed that the article about Scania and Yanmar's cooperation agreement on page 12 of the February 2003 Maritime Journal does not make clear that the agreement gives Yanmar the right to sell and market Scania marine engines to the pleasure boat market only. Scania will continue to sell and market engines for the commercial marine sector. 

Cummins MerCruiser Diesel Announces UK Distribution Plan

01 Apr 2003

The Cummins MerCruiser Diesel (CMD) 50/50 joint venture between Cummins Marine and Mercury Marine has announced its channel distribution plan for the UK. 

Daewoo Re-Power for 'Forth Constructor'

01 Apr 2003

Briggs Marine Contractors have re-engined their multi-purpose barge Forth Constructor with a pair of Daewoo marine engines supplied by Daewoo's South Devon UK distributor WaterMota Ltd. This is the third set of Daewoo engines WaterMota has supplied to Briggs Marine. 

Rolls-Royce Breaks Through Marine Propulsion Barriers

01 Apr 2003

Rolls Royce has scored two breakthrough propulsion orders with the US Navy, its Kamewa waterjets having been selected to drive the experimental X-Craft high speed aluminium catamaran while its MT30 marine gas turbine has been chosen to power the Integrated Power System (IPS) Engineering Development Model (EDM) for the DD(X) multimission destroyer programme. 

$2 Million Marine Lubricant Test Engine

01 Apr 2003

Maritime lubricants supplier Lubmarine has installed a new test engine at its TotalFinaElf Research Centre (CRES) at Solaize, near Lyon in France. The $2m MAN B&W innovator-4C test engine comes into service next month and will be used by Lubmarine to develop and test new formulations and to undertake fundamental marine lubricants research.