Power & Propulsion

Left undetected, fluid leaks from vessel engines can disrupt operation and cause equipment breakdown and environmental pollution. US-based Spectroline’s Marine Leak Detection Kit (OPK-400M) is specially designed to easily and efficiently locate…

After supplying prototype electric pod drives for an all-electric tourist boat operating in Hamburg, Sweden’s Echandia Marine has now developed a range of these electric pod drives that will meet the power…

Electric pod systems are becoming widely used on diesel-electric powered vessels where very high levels of manoeuvrability, efficiency and reliability are required. Now German company Siemens has joined in with its SISHIP…

According to German propulsion experts Voith, crew transfer vessel operators using its new Voith Linear Jet marine propulsion system can save over £75,000 in fuel costs in a season.

Propulsion for a new monohull ferry destined to transport tourists around Malta has been provided by an FPT C90 620 Cursor engine supplied by the UKs Mermaid Marine.

Marine services distributor, Proteum, has been appointed as UK & Ireland distributor for French marine engine manufacturer, Moteurs Baudouin.

Mastervolt, the Dutch specialist in autonomous power systems, has announced a new 48 Volt combined inverter and battery charger, the Mass Combi Ultra 48/3500-50.

A far cry from the usual nightmarish results of water contaminating a vessel’s diesel tank, a new pollution cutting Water-in-Diesel (WiDE) fuel emulsion has been selected to power Team Britannia’s multi-million powerboat…

The ‘Coastal Standard’ was built at Dakota Creek Industries Shipyard in Anacortes, Washington, USA, with a design developed to maximize cargo carrying capacity while minimizing construction and operating costs, says the Dakota…

Norwegian shipowner Østensjø Rederi AS has christened its new offshore construction vessel, ‘Edda Freya’. This new vessel was designed and built for the Greater North Sea market and utilizes an environmentally friendly…

ABB, the Swiss power and automation technology group, has won a European Marine Engineering Award, acknowledging the innovation behind the new Azipod D electric propulsion solution, launched in 2015.

A new multi-application vessel for Kystverket, the Norwegian Coastal Authority, will rely on Saft’s SLFP high energy air-cooled battery system to meet peak demand for propulsion during dynamic positioning operations and to…

The chicken-and-egg situation that’s held hybrids in a “we won’t offer them till the market demands it” circle could be broken by a new drop-in unit. Further, the project is taking a…

Netherlands-headquartered Bakker Sliedrecht is working on the drive systems and auxiliary switchboards for the world’s largest cutter suction dredger, ‘JDN 8069’, that is being built for Jan De Nul Group.

A joint research project carried out by Finnish propulsion company Wärtsilä and City University London has succeeded in identifying the specific design parameters that create the risk of singing propellers.

Mastervolt, the Dutch electrical systems specialist, has introduced the Mass Sine Ultra 24/4000 sine wave inverter.

Germany-headquartered Caterpillar Marine released the Cat C9.3 ACERT Marine platform to the international commercial marine market at the International Workboat Show in Louisiana, USA in December.

Saft, a France-headquartered designer and manufacturer of advanced technology batteries for industry, has been awarded a contract by Switzerland’s ABB Marine to supply a specialized high power liquid cooled lithium-ion (Li-ion) Super…