Power & Propulsion

Netherlands MAN dealer MAN Rollo is to supply two MAN diesel engines that each generate 882kW at 2,100 rpm for a new pilot boat, which is being built for the Dutch Pilotage…

Hundested Propellers has been acquired by Danish company BSI A/S who currently own a range of marine companies including BSI rod and wire rigging, Moonlight, Easy & Skylight range of hatches and…

Naval Group and Centrale Nantes have printed the first demonstrator of hollow propeller blades by metal additive manufacturing as part of the European H2020 project, RAMSSES.

Finland-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with the international shipping company Hagland Shipping AS for a hybrid retrofit installation.

In the search for reducing emissions from commercial vessels the two fully emission free fuels are hydrogen and ammonia writes Dag Pike.

Stockholm shipping company Waxholmsbolaget has launched its first hybrid ice-going passenger ferry equipped with a hybrid electric Danfoss Editron marine system to cut fuel usage and emissions.

A project to evaluate methanol as a marine fuel in Asia will involve the installation of a methanol-powered engine in a vessel to test its fuel efficiency and low emission viability at…

An organisation which tackles marine contamination along the coast of British Columbia, Canada has made three of its new vessels more efficient using Invertek Drives variable frequency drive (VFD) technology.

Scientists have found that the rotor sail propulsion system prototype EcoFlettner “saves a noticeable amount of fuel.”

Western Canada Marine Response Corp. has made three of its new vessels more efficient thanks to Invertek Drives variable frequency drive (VFD) technology.

Technology group Wärtsilä has introduced its first high-speed engine at the International Workboat Show in New Orleans, USA.

German electric and hybrid drive manufacturer Torqeedo recently provided technology for Thailand’s first all-electric commuter ferry.

Irish commercial marine boatbuilder Safehaven Marine has completed the engine and propulsion installation for its new XSV20 ‘Thunder Child II’.

Rolls-Royce has elevated larger waterjets to new heights marrying steel design processes with the new aluminium range writes Stevie Knight.

British diesel outboard innovator, Cox Powertrain, has announced that MARX has been appointed as its exclusive distributor for Germany.

Wärtsilä and Liebherr have collaborated on the development of a new engine designed to fit requirements for limited space and weight, lower CAPEX and comply with current and future global emissions restrictions.

The German manufacturer of electric power units for smaller craft has recently doubled the power of its inboard electric propulsion motors writes Dag Pike.