Volvo Penta successfully installed a quadruple IPS on a catamaran
Volvo Penta powered Alilauro's Giove JET, in service in the Gulf of Naples, the first passenger catamaran with a quadruple IPS 30 installation
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World’s largest car carriers powered by MAN Energy Solutions
Thomas S. Hansen, Head of Sales and Promotion at MAN Energy Solutions, said: “The car carrier market is currently thriving and demand for new tonnage is at an all-time high. Most of these newbuildings are with dual-fuel engines. Accordingly, the ME-GI engine remains the most prominent dual-fuel engi...
SAIM Marine introduces ExiLencer
SAIM Marine introduces ExiLencer, an innovative solution by the Danish company Exilator, which manufactures exhaust gas purification systems with integrated silencers, a filter and a catalyst.
Japanese Imabari Shipbuilding to install MAN ammonia engines
Imabari Shipbuilding will install an MAN B&W 7S60ME-Ammonia engine with SCR in connection with the construction of a 200,000 dwt class bulk carrier for a joint venture between K Line, NS United and Itochu Corporation. The business represents one of the first projects for MAN Energy Solutions’ ammoni...
At Seawork Perkins will show its marine soul
At Seawork 2024 in Southampton, Perkins will introduce to the commercial marine audience the two electronically controlled engines derived from the 1200 series, the E44 and E70B
From the Ferretti Group, here is the full electric motorboat Riva El-Iseo
The Ferretti Group presented the new Riva El-Iseo, the first full electric motorboat with which Riva inaugurates, in the name of sustainability, the new E-Luxury segment.
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AS Labruna at the DPE Rimini with LF and start-up MOVe
AS Labruna was present at the DPE - International Electricity Expo in Rimini with LF, FPT Industrial dealer for North Africa, and MOVe, startup for the electrification of on-road vehicles, such as the Metrocab of Fresia
FPT Industrial: let’s go, XC13
The XC13 surely sounds agnostic in FPT Industrial’s unofficial nomenclature; it comes, indeed, with a tripartite certification: Euro 6E (winking an eye at the upcoming Euro 7), methane gas and also biofuel, with a link to hydrogen. Andrea Abbà, FPT’s product marketing manager, told us about dialogui...
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Ferretti Yachts 1000, the Italian shipyard goes big, with a push by MTU engines
Ferretti Yachts has recently launched its largest ever yacht. It’s called just 1000 and the very first boat was booked by a French owner. The new mega yacht will feature a couple of MTU engines capable of ensuring a huge amount of power.
The new ZF AT 80 thruster model range, suitable for many different ship types
At the SMM Digital maritime trade fair, held at the beginning of February 2021, ZF launched the new AT 80 thruster model range, conceived to guarantee high performance with robust and economical ship operation. The model range «is available as a 360-degree steerable thruster and as a retractable pro...
Vulkan RATO S couplings for Grimaldi. The story of a conversion (Part Two)
Vulkan has mounted two RATO S couplings on the Grimaldi Group’s Cruise Smeralda ship. The couplings on the propulsion engines (here is the first part of the story, published last week) are part of a conversion project that the two companies started in 2019 and concluded last year. We resume th...
Scania and Whiteheaven
Scania and Whiteheaven, from the Scandinavian sea to to the Australian coral reef. The Whitehaven 8000 propulsion is powered by a couple of orange engines with the peak power at 2300 rpm and a peak torque of 4100 Nm at 1800 rpm. Top speed is 22 knots. The fabulous V8 challenges the competitors, brav...
Vulkan RATO S couplings for Grimaldi Group: the story of a conversion (Part One)
Grimaldi Group has turned to Vulkan for the replacement of two propulsion engine couplings installed on board the Cruise Smeralda motor vessel with the RATO S couplings from Vulkan. In this case, conversion means the installation of a new type of couplings compared to the previous ones. A project st...
MAN Engines and Ferretti Group extend their collaboration for three further years
MAN Engines seems to work quite well with some of the major Italian luxury yacht shipyards. In fact, the Group has announced the extension of the collaboration with Ferretti Group, right after the announcement about another long-lasting cooperation, the one with Azimut Benetti. The engine supply con...
MAN Energy Solutions to push on LPG: more retrofits announced
BW LPG, the world’s leading owner and operator of LPG vessels, has announced today that it will retrofit a further three MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.2 type engines to MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.5-LGIP dual-fuel types, capable of operating on fuel oil and LPG. This is another option of a 4+4+4+3 contract ...
Vard and Isotta Fraschini to satisfy Viking Octantis expectations
Vard and Isotta Fraschini have done a good job. Which one? Here is Viking Cruises’ version (and here something about IFUTURE). Vard and Isotta Fraschini. A successful partnership “Los Angeles (December 22, 2020) – Viking today announced its first expedition ship – the 378-guest Viking Octantis...
MAN Stage V. The lion roars into the sea
MAN is Stage V compliant off-road and into the sea as well (EU STAGE V). As you know MAN knows no limits of application. When you say the word work associated with the word machine, you feel you have to be there. After onroad Euro6 came Stage V for NRMM. Now, at last, also for […]
Wärtsilä hybrid solution for new Canadian ferry
Wärtsilä will help minimize carbon footprint by implementing its hybrid solution on a new Ro-Ro ferry being built for the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. The vessel is being built at the Western Pacific Marine shipyard, and when delivered will serve the Balfour –...
