Power & Propulsion

Wartsila Corporation will provide the main and auxiliary engines for two new high speed Ro-Ro ferries being built at Aker YardsRauma facility in Finland for Norwegian operator Color Line AS.

Littlehampton UK based Kittiwake, already well established in the fuel and lube oil testing market, travels to Hamburg for SMM 2006, where it will unveil its new ANALEXrs range of remote online…

Renold Hi-Tec Couplings is using SMM 2006 in Hamburg to launch a new range of flexible couplings and rubber anti-vibration engine mountings for marine applications on Stand A3 001. The new VF…

Two exhibitors at Seawork 2006 are responsible for power and propulsion on sister ships Mercuria and Sapele, which have recently entered service on Londons River Thames.

Hamilton Jet (UK) Ltd used the occasion of Seawork 2006 to launch their new blue ARROW waterjet control system, which is suitable for use with twin jet installations on a wide range…

Small craft with a high power to weight ratio tend to respond quickly to both internal and external disturbances. The characteristic high sensitivity of planing craft requires an advanced control system to…

Marine engineers at Southampton UK based Golden Arrow Marine have given a new lease of life to one of the south coasts most instantly recognisable sightseeing boats. The old Poole Belle spent…

Maprom Engineering BV of the Netherlands is supplying water lubricated shaftline drive systems for a series of eight pushboats which are being upgraded and converted at two shipyards in Romania.

Mermaid Marine Engines returns to Seawork as an exhibitor and also as sponsor of the MoD Boat Users Working Group committee meeting and luncheon. As the UKs leading independent marine engine manufacturer,…

Southampton based Golden Arrow Marine will be offering Seawork Special discounts to customers placing engine orders at the show or booking any servicing or maintenance work. Stand number 181 will also feature…

It was at Seawork 2005 that skipper Graham Etheridge first informed MJ of the impending arrival of RV Callista, a new research vessel for the University of Southamptons School of Ocean &…

MAN B&Ws DieselHouse, a technical and cultural experience centre dedicated to diesel engine technology, was opened by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark last month.

Marine engine importers and suppliers E P Barrus Ltd always deliver one of the largest and most stunning displays at Seawork, with dozens of inboard and outboard engines glistening on the Seawork…

Canadas Thordon Bearings Inc has introduced a new proprietary shaft coating specially formulated to address the recognised risk of traditional coating failures on water lubricated propeller shafts. Thor-Coat will be available through…

The vessel on this months front cover, which can also be viewed on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2006 International, is Skomer, the new 19m steel hull pilot boat built by Mustang…

An interesting new proposal for a marine propulsion fuel source was presented at the World Maritime Technology Conference in London last month. Worldwide Ecological Shipping & Transport (WEST) of Rome has developed…

Marine exhaust silencing solution provider Halyard Marine Ltd has helped achieve lower noise levels on the River Thames with a new exhaust system fitted to a Port of London Authority (PLA) survey…

An 8.5m fibreglass fishing boat operated out of Ramsgate UK by full-time fisherman Trevor Lamb has been repowered with a Perkins Sabre M215C diesel engine coupled to a PRM 750 gearbox. The…