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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norwegian propulsion system manufacturer Servogear is seeing an increasing number of wind farm support vessels using its equipment.

7th January 2014

Servogear success in windfarm market

7th January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Finnish electric propulsion specialist Oceanvolt has entered into a two-way relationship with Netherlands based Victron Energy.

7th January 2014

Teaming up for electric propulsion system

7th January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

This is a shortened version of a white paper by Dr Henry Chen, chief naval architect at navigational information provider Jeppesen.

7th January 2014

The time is right for change

7th January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Turner Engine Powered Services Ltd has been appointment as the new GE Marine Parts and Services Distributor for Norway covering the GE Marine engine family.

6th January 2014

Turner EPS appointed for GE in Norway

6th January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A feasibility study around a hybrid powertrain SWATH, commissioned this year by CTruk, has given the company further impetus in its ongoing development of a hybrid electric offshore wind support vessel design.

6th January 2014

Hybrid electric SWATH design for OWSV

6th January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Italy’s CMC Marine has confirmed an official partnership with UK based company Marine & Industrial Transmissions Ltd (MIT), which will be responsible for the retrofit market and technical assistance in Northern Europe.

6th January 2014

CMC and MIT in strategic partnership

6th January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The New Year has seen a number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) enter into force and take effect.

3rd January 2014

SOLAS amendments enter into force

3rd January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

After manufacturing its first test engine recently, Volvo Penta’s new Quickline production line is set to help Marine Commercial reduce lead times and address end users’ catastrophic breakdowns more quickly than ever.

3rd January 2014

Quickline speeds the repower perocess

3rd January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has launched its new two speed marine gearbox offering notable economic and environmental benefits.

3rd January 2014

Wärtsilä launches two speed gearbox

3rd January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Caterpillar Marine has developed a new pod drive unit that has been designed to match with its latest C8.7 diesel engine.

3rd January 2014

Cat to launch new engine/drive combo

3rd January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

German company Torqueedo, which caused a stir last year when introducing its 80 hp electric outboard motor, has now expanded its range.

3rd January 2014

Torqeedo extends electric propulsion range

3rd January 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Marine engineering specialist GeoSea, of Belgium’s DEME Group, has been awarded major offshore wind energy contracts.

2nd January 2014

Geosea secures offshore wind contracts

2nd January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dutch company Royal Boskalis says that the tug ‘Smit Elbe’, which is based in the port of Rotterdam, has become the first tug in the Netherlands to be fuelled with Shell GTL.

2nd January 2014

Synthetic diesel tug

2nd January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Following failed attempts by three icebreakers to reach the research vessel ‘MV Akademik Shokalskiy’ trapped in the Antarctic ice, its 54 stranded passengers were rescued by helicopter on Thursday.

31st December 2013

Rescue operation in the Antarctic

31st December 2013

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Japans NYK is to build the countrys first tug featuring a dual-fuel engine that can run on either LNG or HFO.

30th December 2013

First LNG-fuelled tug for Japan

30th December 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Built in 1924, the paddle steamer Medway Queen has sailed again.

26th December 2013

Medway Queen sails again

26th December 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

With some 1,400 ships predicted to be consigned to the breakers each year, shipbreaking is an expanding business sector.

24th December 2013

Green ship breaking comes to Europe

24th December 2013

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Russia’s Gazprom is looking at building a small plant on the Baltic Sea to produce LNG as a shipping fuel, local media reports.

24th December 2013

Gazprom considers Baltic LNG plant

24th December 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Scorpion Ribs is the latest user of the Dyena Acceleration Recorder (DaccR), a portable data logger that provides information on ride quality and performance.

23rd December 2013

Scorpion Ribs unveils its sting

23rd December 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The PowerShark WB3000 made its first ever showing in continental Europe at the recent METS exhibition in Amsterdam.

23rd December 2013

PowerShark eats marine fouling at METS

23rd December 2013