Marine Propulsion News


STX Emergency Gen-Sets

Feb 24, 2010

Relative to the huge MAN B&W ship engines manufactured at the STX Engine Company factory on the southern coast of South Korea, their emergency generators are small in size. But in the event of a crisis on a deep-sea container, bulker or tank ship…

Wärtsilä Slow Steaming Upgrade Kits

Feb 23, 2010

Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the German shipowner Jüngerhans, located in Haren (Ems), Germany, to refit two of its vessels with Wärtsilä Slow Steaming Upgrade Kits to cut fuel costs. The 1997-built vessels are equipped with 7-cylinder Wärtsilä RTA62U main engines…

MHI Licenses 3rd Chinese Company

Feb 23, 2010

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Zhejiang Yungpu Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. (YUNGPU) in China's Zhejiang Province agreed last December on licensing of the technology incorporated into the Mitsubishi-UE, MHI's low-speed marine diesel engines…

China Orders First Wärtsilä RT-flex35

Feb 17, 2010

Wärtsilä has received the first order for its new Wärtsilä RT-flex35 two-stroke engine. The Wärtsilä licensee, Yichang Marine Diesel Engine Co. (YMD), manufacturing low-speed marine engines in China, has signed a contract with Ningbo Donghai Shipping Co…

MAN ME-Engines for Brazil

Feb 17, 2010

MAN Diesel has announced a series of significant orders for its two-stroke, electronic ME-engines in Brazil. The new engines will be delivered to Petrobras and Vale. Petrobras Brazil’s multinational energy company, has ordered 10 × 6S70ME-C…

MAN Engines for Chinese Ferry Company

Feb 16, 2010

Bohai Ferry Co., Ltd. has ordered four MAN 16V32/40CD propulsion plants to power two passenger vessels to supplement its fleet. The four-stroke engines will be built at MAN Diesel’s production centre in Augsburg, Germany, and will operate at 750 rpm…

Wärtsilä, Trojan Ballast Water Treatment

Feb 16, 2010

Wärtsilä Corporation and Trojan Technologies have signed an exclusive agreement to jointly develop, market, and distribute a ballast water treatment product for ships. The two companies will gain synergistic benefits from the combined strength…

Caterpillar Powers AIDAblu

Feb 16, 2010

As she entered the Hamburg, Germany, harbor on February 9, 2010, AIDA Cruises’s newest addition to the fleet, AIDAblu sailed right past the Caterpillar Marine Power Systems headquarters on the historic Elbe River.  The AIDAblu represents the…

Rolls-Royce Supplies Netherlands Navy

Feb 09, 2010

Rolls-Royce announced an order to supply Bergen diesel engines for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Joint Support Ship (JSS). The contract for the engineering, building and delivery of the vessel was signed late last year, by the Royal Netherlands…

Rolls-Royce for Offshore Vessel Upgrade

Feb 07, 2010

Rolls-Royce has received an order worth over $20m to supply diesel generator sets and thrusters to Houston-based offshore engineering and construction company J. Ray McDermott. The order, which includes six underwater mountable azimuth thrusters and four Bergen generator sets…

Scandic Diesel Services Opens in Montreal

Feb 01, 2010

Climate change is a global problem that requires real solutions. That's why the Government of Canada supports a proactive approach to achieve real environmental and economic benefits for all Canadians. The causes of climate change and its impacts…

PCT Acceptance for Miratech’s V-CAT Catalyst

Jan 26, 2010

Miratech Corporation, designer and manufacturer of emission control products, has been notified that the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application submitted for its V-CAT catalyst has been accepted. Acceptance of the PCT opens the door to…

Wärtsilä Sales Success, RT-flex82 Engines

Jan 26, 2010

Wärtsilä reports sales success with its newly introduced Wärtsilä RT-flex82T low-speed engine. Orders for a total of 30 seven-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex82T engines have been received in recent months, including:  - Six engines for VLCCs to be built by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co…

Royal Caribbean, Rolls-Royce Pod Settlement

Jan 13, 2010

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) and Rolls-Royce announced that they have reached a suitable and amicable resolution to the lawsuit regarding the Mermaid pod-propulsion system on Celebrity Cruises’ Millennium-class ships.  When they were first designed and implemented…

EMD’s EPA Part 1042 Emissions Kits

Jan 12, 2010

Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. announced that it received US EPA certification for emissions kits according to EPA rule 40 CFR Part 1042, which requires a 25% reduction in particulate matter emissions. The new kits will allow marine operators of EMD Model 645 and 710 engines…

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