Power & Propulsion

The latest release of PropCad 2018 Premium Edition from US software company Hydrocomp includes a new utility to simplify the extraction of propeller features from full 3D CAD files.

ZF Marine is now offering a preventative maintenance service for thrusters with the advice that preventive maintenance can go a long way towards delaying or even avoiding the need to call on…

Yanmar and the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) are teaming up to conduct marine technician certification courses at Yanmar Academy located at the new Yanmar Evo Center in Georgia USA.

In attempts to reduce the emissions from marine engines, methanol has been trialled as a fuel in larger marine diesels with some success notes Dag Pike.

Rolls-Royce Power Systems is strengthening its activities to expand its digital services for its customers and will double its digital solutions team in size to 80 members by the end of 2018.

Royston Diesel Power’s advanced enginei EFMS (electronic fuel management system) has been specified as part of the new build programme for the first dredging vessel commissioned in 20 years by CEMEX UK…

Honda Marine’s top of the range BF175, BF200, BF225 and BF250 outboards have been given a comprehensive overhaul as part of Honda’s ongoing evolution of its product line up.

By 2020 Rolls-Royce will launch a range of completely integrated MTU hybrid ship propulsion systems onto the market which promise to be powerful, efficient, quiet and emission-free.

During SMM Hamburg 2018, Veth Propulsion, recently part of Twin Disc, Inc. signed the contract with Sanmar Shipyards for the delivery of Z-drives to the 10th Yenicay class tug in a row.

An international powerdrive expert has developed a maritime solution it believes provides shipowners with the flexibility to embrace any potential energy source while delivering optimal system redundancy.