Power & Propulsion

Suzuki Marine has completed their four stroke outboard line-up with the launch of their smallest and lightest four stroke ever, the DF2.5.

New ideas made possible through progress and product development are worth thinking about and the new CBP motors from Hagglunds open up some interesting ideas in marine propulsion. Hagglunds Drives have been…

Canary Islands ferry operator Fred Olsen SA has added a 126.7m LOA aluminium trimaran ferry to extend its services on routes linking Los Cristianos on Tenerife, San Sebastian on Gomera, and Palma…

The PRM Marine Propulsion Control (MPC) unit , an all new system providing full electronic control over engine throttle and gear engagement, was launched by Newage Transmissions at the METS exhibition in…

A twin UltraJet 451 propulsion system propels a new 74ft aluminium pilot boat built by Horizon Shipbuilding of Alabama USA. The vessel is scheduled for service at the Port of Umm Qasr…

The new naturally aspirated Perkins Sabre M92B is claimed to be the only marine propulsion engine in the world to be certified as complying with Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine…

RingProp PLC has selected E P Barrus Ltd to distribute the companys innovative ringed propeller line in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Barrus will employ its substantial technical experience to complement…

To meet the demand for clean, dry air for marine applications, Bromsgrove UK based Jun-Air produces a range of oil lubricated and oil-less air compressors which deliver reliability and a long service…

The UKs Trinity House lighthouse service has purchased four low-weight, skid-mounted portable compressors from IngersollRand (IR) Portable Power foruse in maintenance work on nearly 600 aids to navigation, including 72 lighthouses.

Operators of selected types of Rolls-Royce thrusters are being offered a new concept for thrusters service aimed at reducing the amount of time spent overhauling thrusters when the vessel is in dry…

German manufacturer Reintjes GmbH has shipped the largest reduction gearbox it has ever made from its Hamelin plant to the shipyard JJ Sietas KG in Hamburg, where it will be installed on…

The Lochin 366 Harbour Pilot on display last month at Seawork 2005 International ispowered by the latest addition to Scania s marine engine range, the DI12M EMS .

The first engine sale by the newly appointed Cummins distributor for Japan, Komatsu Diesel , has resulted in a successful repower creating a triple engined high speed ferry.

The PRM 1750, Newage Transmissions highest capability marine gearbox to date, will form the centrepiece of the companys joint presentation with its distributor, Albatross Marine , on Stand 31 at Seawork 2005…

The Wartsila Corporation haswon an order to supply the 19.68MW power plant for a yacht carrier contracted by Netherlands based heavy transport specialist Dockwise Shipping BV , to be built at the…

Marine engine supplier E PBarrus returns to its familiar quayside location for Seawork 2005 with the new range of Shire workboat engines and John Deere engines from 50hp to 562hp plus representative…

Boat operators who have experienced fuel contamination first hand or are aware of its consequences will welcome a new product from Middlesex UK based Water-D-Tech Ltd .The D-TX Fuel Safe 250 makes…

Over the last two years, MANB&W Diesel AS of Denmark has won contracts to provide 19 engine and propulsion packages to Brazilian tug owners. Ten medium speed engines, five of type 6L23/30A-F…