Power & Propulsion

Denmarks MAN B&W Diesel A/S has been awarded the contract to supply propulsion plants for two offshore stand-by vessel newbuildings under construction for China Oilfield Services Limited . The vessels are designed…

The Netherlands Vetus Den Ouden adds to its range of side-directional bow and stern thrusters with the introduction this year of a small electric stern thruster which, in spite of a diameter…

Briggs Marine Contractors have re-engined their multi-purpose barge Forth Constructor with a pair of Daewoo marine engines supplied by Daewoos South Devon UK distributor WaterMota Ltd. This is the third set of…

Rolls Royce has scored two breakthrough propulsion orders with the US Navy, its Kamewa waterjets having been selected to drive the experimental X-Craft high speed aluminium catamaran while its MT30 marine gas…

Maritime lubricants supplier Lubmarine has installed a new test engine at its TotalFinaElf Research Centre (CRES) at Solaize, near Lyon in France. The $2m MAN B&W innovator-4C test engine comes into service…

Cummins Marine followed up the European debut of its new QSK60 engine range at Rotterdam Maritime with an American first appearance last month at the Workboat Show in New Orleans.

Testing continues at the new purpose-built Rolls Royce facility in Bristol UK of the MT30 gas turbine engine with which the company will enter a marine application marketplace currently dominated by GE.

Oxfordshire UK based EP Barrus Ltd celebrated 25 years as distributor of Mariner outboard engines at the London Boat Show this month. The occasion was marked by the launch of a new…

Caterpillar moved into the smaller end of the marine generator market with its launch this month at the London Boat Show of the first in a new range of compact gensets that…

ABB has been awarded a contract by the Marinette Marine Corporation to supply electric propulsion drives and azipod propulsion systems and to act as the engine room single system integrator for a…

A new Sea Rover workboat powered by twin Suzuki 50hp EFI 4-stroke outboards has entered service with the Counter Pollution Branch of the UKs Maritime & Coastguard Agency.

A Perkins Sabre M130C engine has been chosen to power Lorraine Ruth, a new Kingfisher K26 static-gear, inshore netting fishing boat built and now operated by Keith Isles, based on Tresco, one…

In choosing transmissions to team with its MAN engines, Nanni Diesel Industries considered several factors for completing the construction of 24 new French Gendarmerie boats. When it was confirmed that one of…