Power & Propulsion

Some 40% of the Rolls-Royce offshore vessel engines sold last year met the classification society Clean Design requirements, compared to 5% just two years ago. All the engines exceed the International Maritime…

Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA (WW) and Wallenius Lines (OW) have signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to build a new generation of four ro-ro carriers that will be the world’ s…

Two new 12m purpose built sightseeing boats operated by Les Coches D' eau on the Cape d' Agde, a few kilometres from Montpelier in the south of France, have each been fitted…

Following reliability problems with their ageing inboard diesel jet driven RIB, Ryde Inshore Rescue service on the Isle of Wight UK decided to invest in a new boat and engine package.

In America, the Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) responded to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’ s (EPA) announcement last month that the agency has finalised new emission standards for marine engines and…

A strategic alliance between Rolls-Royce and UCT Coatings Inc. is bringing new technology to the marine market and is about to start work on a $7m U.S. Navy research contract.

While diesel-electric propulsion continues to garner converts in North America, it is a more usual system in Europe.

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems began delivering upgraded C versions of the popular MaK M 25 series of marine engines from the first of this month. Since it was introduced in 1996, more…

The venerable Lister marine engine which has powered so many inland waterway craft returns to the UK market in versions capable of running on up to 100% bio-diesel fuel (B100) through an…

Dutch ferry operator Teso is claiming to be the first shipping company in the world to make use of   environmentally benign GTL diesel-type fuel. The company' s ferry ' Dokter Wagemaker'…

MAN Diesel is enjoying continued success with its four-stroke heavy fuel engine, the type 58/64, which is proving popular for container feeder vessel applications.

Ultra Dynamics has introduced a new JetMaster Joystick Control System driven by a programmable logic controller (PLC) which delivers enhanced manoeuvring power. The new JetMaster system provides features previously only available on…

Those visiting EuroportMaritime 2007 will see that Hamilton waterjets have come a long way since BillHamilton designed and built his first axial flow waterjet in New Zealand backin 1956. Since then Hamilton…

The ferry crossing saves motorists a 43km round trip but thestretch of water between the Feock and the Roseland Peninsula on the River Falin Cornwall UK is only 300m wide. There has…

The first new commercially rated 285hp Yamaha inboard dieselstern drive units, designated the ME432Sti P2, made their debut at the Seawork2007 exhibition in Southampton this summer. Yamaha Motor (UK) this brought theirtotal…

Less than one year after signing the joint venturecontract was signed in Friedrichshafen last summer, the ZF Nanjing MarinePropulsion company in China has successfully tested its first transmission.

Amistad a recreation of a 19th century schooner,visited the Port of London UK last month as part ofits Atlantic Freedom Tour. A pair of Cat 3304B marine engines supported thevessel while it…

MAN Diesel PrimeServs Service Center at Frederikshavn inDenmark successfully completed a major re-engining job aboard the Scottish fishing vessel.