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Tognum's Revenues Up in Latest Financial Report

Nov 08, 2012

Propulsion & power providers Tognum confirm 2012 forecast in financial report ended 30, September.Highlights:    •    Solid order intake at €2,296.3 million in the first nine months    •    Revenues increase to €2,092.7 million    •    Adjusted EBIT margin of 8…

Korean Shipbuilders Order Martek Marine Monitoring Systems

Nov 07, 2012

UK's  Martek Marine wins large orders for its MariNOx Evolution™ on-board emissions monitoring and engine efficiency system.The orders, amounting to more than US$1-million, are from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Hyundai Heavy Industries…

Scania to Supply 24 V8 Diesels to Finland Navy

Nov 07, 2012

The Finnish Navy’s new high-speed Watercat M18 AMC landing craft are to be fitted with twin 16-litre V8 engines from Scania.Built and designed by Marine Alutech the new landing craft displace 29 tonnes, and are 19.3 metres in length. They…

MAN Wins LNG Carrier Duel-fuel Engine Contracts

Nov 05, 2012

MAN Diesel & Turbo wins contract to supply the engines for two Greek LNG carriers (LNGCs). The configuration for the new order covers 2 × 9L51/60DF + 2 × 8L51/60DF engines, a total of 34 MW installed power per vessel. All of the engines…

US Navy Seeks to Transform Gas Turbine Technology

Nov 05, 2012

Naval Research Laboritory (NRL) scientists study the complex physics of Rotating Detonation Engines (RDE's).With its strong dependence on gas-turbine engines for propulsion, the U.S. Navy is always looking for ways to improve the fuel consumption of these engines…

Penguin Delivers Crewboat

Nov 01, 2012

“The world’s fastest tripe screw Cummins KTA-38-M2 powered crewboat,” said Singapore’s Penguin Marine before adding another feature, “with armor-plated bridge.”Delivered in October 2012, Penguin’s Flex-38S series crew boat, the MV Abba is fast and versatile…

Volvo Penta Unveil New V8 Engine

Oct 25, 2012

Volvo Penta's poweful new V8-380 marine diesel engine debuts at Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show.“This new-generation, high-performance engine has raised the bar for marine engines and follows a long history of innovation for Volvo Penta…

Wärtsilä Contracted by Vyborg Shipyard

Oct 25, 2012

Wärtsilä was contracted to supply integrated power and automation systems for two Russian icebreakers. Wärtsilä won the contract to supply integrated power and automation systems for two new icebreakers being built for a Russian state-owned enterprise by Vyborg Shipyard JSC…

Austal Completes Warship Main Engine Light-Off

Oct 24, 2012

Main engine plant of  USN 127-meter Littoral Combat Ship 'Coronado' (LCS 4) powered up by shipbuilders, Austal.Austal has completed main engine light off of the two MTU 9,100kW 20V 8000 M71 propulsion diesel engines and the two 22,000kW GE LM2500 gas turbine engines…

GE Deliver FREMM Warship Gas Turbines

Oct 24, 2012

GE delivers two LM2500+G4 marine gas turbines to Avio for French and Italian FREMM frigates. GE Marine has delivered two LM2500+G4 aeroderivative marine gas turbines to Avio S.p.A. of Turin, Italy, a GE Marine System Supplier. The gas turbines…

Rolls-Royce Unmanned Craft Mini Waterjet Development

Oct 24, 2012

Rolls-Royce, is to develop a new, highly efficient water jet to propel unmanned surface craft for the US Navy.The new water jet will be the smallest Rolls-Royce design to date, with a diameter of just 100 millimetres, and will quietly propel…

MTU Boosts Series 8000 Engine Power

Oct 22, 2012

Series 8000 marine diesel  engines from Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH now available with an output of 10MW.Previously, the 20-cylinder engine had a maximum output of 9,100kW. The IMO Tier II-compliant unit demonstrated its increased…

MAN Gets Engine Orders From Chevron

Oct 22, 2012

MAN Diesel & Turbo to supply G-type Tier III-Compliant Engines for 2 lightering vessel newbuildings powered by MAN B&W 6G70ME-C9.2 prime movers. The newbuildings will each use an MAN Diesel & Turbo EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) system…

Contruction Starts on World's Biggest Offshore Floating Facility

Oct 18, 2012

At 1601 ft. long  x 242.7 ft. wide, the Prelude FLNG facility will be the largest offshore floating facility ever built.  A new milestone was reached in the world’s use of LNG as fue, as Shell celebrated the cutting of first steel for the…

Scania Commended for Climate Change Disclosure

Oct 17, 2012

Engine manufacturer Scania is featured in CDP’s “Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index for a second time.This index, a key component of CDP’s annual Nordic 260 Report, highlights the constituent companies within the Nordic stock exchanges which…

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