Power & Propulsion

Rolls-Royce has won a second order for a vessel from its Environship range. This gas powered ship will be used to supply feed to fish farms along the Norwegian coast.

Swedish based Scania has introduced a new 16 litre diesel engine that will replace its existing engine of this size.

Cummins has launched the latest addition to the C Power product line, the QSM11-CP marine generator set.

John Deere Tier 3 marine engines will start to make their splash in 2013.

ZF Services UK Ltd will use Seawork 2012 to showcase examples from ZF Marine’s range of propulsion products and systems for tugs, wind farm support vessels, fish farm vessels, OSVs, other workboats…

There is a big step change coming for the European workboat market, Vesa Marttinen of Wartsila told Maritime Journal.

Seawork exhibitor Marine & Industrial Transmissions (MIT) has provided equipment and engineering support for the latest launch from Alicat Workboats for its parent Gardline Group, the Smeaton Array.

Traffic on the River Thames will hit an all time high as tourists flock to London for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the Olympic Games this summer.

Suzuki will be bringing new outboard models and new outboard technology to the commercial boating sector at this year’s Seawork.

Yamaha Motor (UK) Ltd returns to Seawork with an expanded range of outboard engines which are a popular choice for many commercial users and professional organisations such as the RNLI.

France’s Raidco Marine has delivered the first four of a series of 11 aluminium hull patrol boats to that country’s Gendarmerie Nationale.

Development is well underway with the world’s first fast electric air-supported commuter ferry that can operate on battery power alone.

Russian state owned company Rosmorport has ordered six pilot boats powered by Volvo Penta´s high efficiency drive system, Inboard Performace System (IPS).

Global power systems provider Rolls-Royce has won orders worth some £18m for the supply of Azimuth thrusters to power 18 new tugs being built in China.

Commercial marine diesel engine manufacturer Cummins has introduced an engine which takes it into the tugs sector with the new QSK95 model rated at 4,000 hp (2,983 kW) output.

Golden Arrow Marine has been appointment as the Moteurs Baudouin distributor for UK and Eire as last month.

Revolve Technologies’ partnership with suppliers such as heat exchanger specialist EJ Bowman has led to the development of a new marine diesel engine.

Small electric outboards have been around for some time but now a French company is now offering versions that are powerful enough to get a RIB or small boat onto the plane.