Power & Propulsion

A European maritime group is accelerating its investment in hydrogen and low carbon technologies as pressure on the shipping industry to cut emissions grows.

A ferry operator has announced that it has signed an agreement to install a Rotor Sail Solution on board a hybrid passenger ferry.

Market development for a diesel outboard company is looking promising following a successful first round of validation testing.

Two of the first vessels powered by dual-fuel ME-LGI (Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) engines operating on methanol, have each passed 10,000 operating hours on the alternative fuel.

Dutch partners have optimized a vessel’s power plant operational costs by incorporating a flywheel on a hybrid power plant.

A leading propeller company has launched a rapid design and manufacturing service to deliver bespoke, fully-machined Class S propellers in just two weeks.

Twin OXE 150 diesel outboards have racked up close to 2200hrs on the Douro River Taxi in Portugal.

Six new ships are joining the CLINSH (CLean INland SHipping) sustainable pilot project to assess the cost and effectiveness of emission-control technologies and alternative fuels in actual practice.

Hydrogen could provide a cleaner, greener maritime fuel – but many will be asking, quite rightly, ‘can it be achieved with the vessels I have... and how?’

Even given recent advances, lithium ion batteries are still plagued by weight and cost issues.

Nidec ASI has launched its first Nidec-brand battery system designed for large and medium-sized zero-emission vessel propulsion systems.

The new Mercury Racing 450R outboard features a 4.6-litre V8 FourStroke powerhead with supercharger to produce 450 peak propshaft horsepower and 40 percent higher torque than the 400R.

Cimco Marine AB is developing the new generation Diesel powered outboard with a six cylinder, twin turbo, 3-litre diesel engine from BMW as a basis.

Diesel-electric propulsion can be made more efficient when it is combined with an energy storage system and peak shaving can be utilised to achieve this efficiency, said Barillec Marine.

Caterpillar has introduced upgrade kits for selected engines from its range of marine diesels that will bring the engines up to modern emission standards and improve efficiency writes Dag Pike.

US outboard engine manufacturer Evinrude has announced the expansion of itsE-TEC G2 product line to include 115 H.O., 140HP and 150HP models.

After a long conversion period, the Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger Samuel de Champlain sailed from Damen shipyard in Dunkirk into the Loire estuary to start dredging operations.