Power & Propulsion

The last few years have seen peaks and troughs for many commercial craft sectors on the edge or outside the wind farm industry, such as dredgers, ferries and shortsea operations.

Beta Marine opened the doors of its Quedgeley UK headquarters recently to celebrate 25 years of successful business in the marine engine market.

Cheltenham UK based propulsion systems manufacturer Ultra Dynamics introduced the UltraJet 251HT (High Thrust) specifically for lower speed craft at the recent Seawork exhibition.

A new environmental workboat built by Croatias Diva Mariner d.o.o., has been powered with a pair of Perkins marine diesel engines.

20 years does not seem a long time in marine propulsion. Most of the ships that were new, or recently launched, in 1987 are still afloat today. Like the vast majority of…

Seawork exhibitor Clements Marine has supplied all the stern gear and propellers to one of the latest launches to emerge from Ireland based workboat builder Safehaven Marine.

Following successful trials, the new 23.9m Damen Fire Fighting/Police Patrol vessel Bremen 1 has been handed over to its new owner, the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.

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.