Power & Propulsion

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The authorities in the City of Amsterdam have decreed that boats with diesel engines will be banned from operating on the city’s canals by 2025 writes Dag Pike.

12th March 2020

Going electric fast in Amsterdam

12th March 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems business unit overcame difficult market conditions in 2019 and again succeeded in growing against the trend to deliver a strong full-year result.

6th March 2020

Rolls revenue strong thanks to MTU

6th March 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Dutch battery major Mastervolt has announced the arrival of three new Lithium Ion battery models: the MLI Ultra 12/2750, 12/5500 and 24/5500.

5th March 2020

Three new lithium ion batteries

5th March 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

An innovative sail-assisted propulsion and solar power device for ships is now ready for demonstrations and further evaluation testing.

5th March 2020

Combining wind and solar power for ships

5th March 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Wind propulsion should play a bigger part in the decarbonisation of shipping, a new document submitted to a maritime body says.

26th February 2020

Bigger push needed for wind propulsion

26th February 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A mind-bendingly novel system for powering boats, that uses electrical induction and hence no moving parts, is under development in Italy writes Dag Pike.

26th February 2020

Propelling boats with no moving parts

26th February 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A thruster package will enable Boskalis to convert an existing hull to create the crane vessel Bokalift 2.

25th February 2020

Thruster package key to vessel conversion

25th February 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A maritime innovation project looking to install the world’s first ammonia-powered fuel cell on a vessel has been awarded €10m funding from the European Union.

29th January 2020

€10m funding for ammonia fuel cell project

29th January 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

FPT Industrial, a brand of CNH Industrial has signed a memorandum of understanding with Yanmar Marine International, foreseeing a commercial cooperation to develop and supply marine engines.

22nd January 2020

Fiat Powertrain to supply marine engines to Yanmar

22nd January 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Transfluid has announced that it is the first company in the world to have obtained two DNV-GL Type approvals for its hybrid technology.

8th January 2020

Type approval for marine hybrid modules and batteries

8th January 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Following the delivery of Europe’s most modern fireboat, the ‘Branddirektor Westphal’, the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has ordered two more fire-fighting vessels with the same propulsion packages.

8th January 2020

Propulsion solution for groundbreaking electric fireboats

8th January 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

From January 2020, German diesel engine manufacturer Motorenfabrik Hatz will provide direct support for its new and existing customers in Belgium and Luxembourg and their subsidiaries.

18th December 2019

New sales channel for Hatz engines

18th December 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Volvo Penta’s Silent Shift feature is due to be rolled out into its D3 diesel engine range.

18th December 2019

Silent and smooth gear shifting

18th December 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Schottel will propel two new eco-friendly ferries, one of which is the first of its kind in the world to sail on liquid hydrogen.

12th December 2019

Schottel to propel world’s first hydrogen ferry

12th December 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Canadian energy storage major Corvus Energy has announced that it will receive funding of up to $6 million from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program.

12th December 2019

Battery research funding

12th December 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

With the help of 5-axis machining, Finnøy Gear & Propeller is focusing on robotisation and automation in order to keep its production in Norway.

11th December 2019

Human-technology interaction brings success

11th December 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norway currently shows the path for many other countries when it comes to low carbon mobility solutions, a position that will only be reinforced when three new hybrid ferries hit the water.

6th December 2019

Three more hybrid ferries in build in Norway

6th December 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

HamiltonJet has unveiled its HTX52 – the latest model in its HTX series of waterjets and claimed to be the New Zealand company’s fastest, most durable waterjet yet.

6th December 2019

New water jet claims substantial performance gains

6th December 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

With the International Maritime Organisation announcing a goals-based approach to emissions reductions for sulphur, nitrogen and carbon oxides over the next two decades, shipping owners and operators must use vessel data to…

6th December 2019

Vessel data key to meeting emissions targets

6th December 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A French-built aluminium boat is using the latest in electric outboard motor technology to offer a climate-neutral platform to clear up solid and liquid waste from inland waterways and harbours.

5th December 2019

Harbour water clean-up boat is all-electric

5th December 2019