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-- -- Advertisement Saturday, June 5, 2021 Home Propulsion Database Blogs Diesel Engines Thrusters and Pods Transmissions & Gears Shafts/Couplings/Bearings Propellers Hybrid Drives Outboard Engines MAN Expects Sales Boost from Chinese Emissions Regs Engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions said it expects to see increased sales from the imminent China’s Stage II—commonly… Keel Laid for UECC’s Third LNG Battery Hybrid PCTC As the maritime industry debates the "future fuel", one carrier, United European Car Carriers (UECC), plows forward, celebrating… A Newbuild VLOC is the First Wind-powered Bulk Carrier Brazilian miner Vale expects to soon put into service the first-ever bulk carrier propelled partially sails, the company… Hurtigruten Says Fleet Upgrades will Slash Emissions by 25% Hurtigruten Group said green upgrades for its entire fleet of Hurtigruten Norwegian Coastal Express ships—including batteries… New Tug is a Mechanical Hybrid The concept of “hybrid tug” is getting a whole new definition with an innovative new tug under construction at Turkey’s Uzmar… Höegh Autoliners to Launch Ammonia-ready Car Carrier Höegh Autoliners is setting out to build what it claims will be the world's largest and greenest car carrier vessel.The shipping… Methods for Decreasing Future Fuel Uncertainty The marine fuel market is undergoing significant change. Following the implementation and impact of IMO 2020, we’re now seeing… Tech File: Rolls-Royce Delivers 16-cylinder Version of mtu Series 8000 Engines Rolls-Royce has delivered the first 16-cylinder engines of the mtu Series 8000, two 16V 8000 M71L engines built for the Taiwanese… Crowley Designs US' First Fully Electric Autonomous Tug Crowley Engineering Services announced Monday it has designed the first fully electric U.S. tugboat with autonomous technology… First of UECC's Three LNG Battery Hybrid PCTCs Launched The first of three liquefied natural gas (LNG) battery hybrid pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) commissioned by Norwegian… Products MERCURY 4 HP FOURSTROKE TOHATSU 5 HP 2-STROKE 5 HP EVINRUDE 30 HP E-TEC 30 HP turbocharger Latest propulsion news Caledonian Towage Tugs Receive Engine Overhauls Marine engineering specialist Royston said it recently completed the extensive inspection, overhaul and service of the main… Kongsberg Debuts New Waterjet Control Systems Kongsberg Maritime launched a pair of waterjet control systems based on its new JCS (Jet Control System) common technology… Damen, Hydromaster Develop New Ferry Thruster In 2020, Damen signed a contract with Blue Amigo for the delivery of nine passenger vessels to operate between Rotterdam… BV Grants Type Approval for Swedish Battery Company Echandia, a Swedish developer of battery and fuel cell systems, announced it now has its battery system, based on LTO technology… Volvo Penta Takes Majority Stake in Marine Battery Systems Pioneer ZEM Volvo Penta has announced an exciting new acquisition of ZEM – a company with 12 years of market experience as a supplier… Chinese Icebreaker Beacon Ship Sports Schottel EcoPellers Schottel supplied main and auxiliary propulsion units for China’s first ice-breaking beacon vessel. Haixun 156, which will… Diesel Engines ABS, DSME Working to Replace VLCC Diesel Generators with Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Maritime classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and South Korea's shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have signed a joint development project to use Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology to replace at least one of three diesel generators typically onboard a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC)."It’s the second SOFC-focused JDP between ABS and DSME, with the first… Fairbanks Morse Wins Contract to Supply Main Engines for LPD 31 U.S.-based Fairbanks Morse said it has been awarded a purchase order by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) to build and… Making the Case for Diesel Outboards Now more than ever, professional operators are opting to run outboard engines on a various small military craft, patrol boats… Cox’s Diesel Outboard Enters Production UK-based engine manufacturer Cox Powertrain said its purpose-designed 300hp CXO300 diesel outboard engine has entered production… Thrusters and Pods SCHOTTEL Equips Brevik Fergeselskap's New Electric Ferry German propulsion specialist SCHOTTEL said it has delivered main propulsion units for a 42-meter ferry being built by the Netherlands-based Holland Shipyards Group. The recently launched Sandøy is the first fully electric ferry for the Norwegian operator Brevik Fergeselskap, and is equipped with two SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers.The 42-meter-long and 11-meter-wide vessel will be able to accommodate up to 98 pedestrians as well as 16 cars. ABB Rolls Out Blended Learning Program for Azipod Users ABB Marine & Ports said it has developed a new Blended Learning program for Azipod propulsion in response to customers’ requests… Tech File: Schottel SRP 710 for KPA Salvage Tug A pair of Schottel RudderPropellers type SRP 710 have left the German production site in Wismar and are on their way to the… Kooiman Building Hegemann Dredging's New Hopper Dredge The Netherlands-based shipbuilder Kooiman Marine Group is building a new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for German… Transmissions & Gears Interview: John Batten, CEO, Twin Disc How have major events such as the U.S./China trade war, oil price fall and COVID-19 impacted Twin Disc’s commercial marine business to date, and what adjustments have you made in response?These are the three things that I’ve been highlighting in employee communications and with investors over the last few months. For us, COVID was just the third punch after the other two. China is typically our second largest market after the U.S.… Online Tool Guides Boaters to Proper Lubricants LIQUI MOLY USA has announced it has expanded its Oil Guide—both in app and online formats—to include its recently launched marine line of oils… ZF Unveils 5200 A/V PTI Hybrid Transmission With the ZF 5200 A/V PTI, ZF Marine is introducing the brand’s first hybrid transmission that can be installed in the ship… Ferry Stena Estrid Completes Sea Trials Stena Line’s "next-generation" ferry Stena Estrid has arrived in Holyhead after completing sea trials and a five-week, 10… Shafts/Couplings/Bearings Atria Retrofits Its Paraná Push Boat Fleet with Thordon Bearings One of South America’s leading push boat operators is on its way to completing a fleet-wide retrofit to Thordon’s water lubricated tailshaft and rudder bearings.In 2014, Argentinian owner Atria Logistics UABL, which operates a fleet of workboats on the Paraná River, installed Thordon’s RiverTough tailshaft bearings to its first push boat, the 135-foot-long Concepcion. In 2020, six more vessels in the company’s 26-strong fleet were converted.Egnard Bernal… Vesconite Bearings Introduces Ready-to-fit Propeller Shaft Bearings Vesconite Bearings has been hard at work identifying the most common propeller shaft bearings used in the leisure marine… Canadian Coast Guard Opts for Thordon Bearings CCGS Terry Fox, one the largest icebreakers in the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) fleet, has returned to service with new Thordon… Thordon Bearings Names Groves VP of Sales Thordon Bearings has promoted Scott Groves to Vice President – Sales, with a mandate to “grow profitable sales” and build… Propellers Nakashima Propeller Takes Majority Stake in Becker Marine Systems Japan's Nakashima Propeller Co. has taken a majority stake in the German shipbuilding supplier Becker Marine Systems GmbH.“We have gotten to know Nakashima Propeller as a much respected and reliable partner through decades of cooperation,” said Dirk Lehmann and Henning Kuhlmann, the two managing directors at Becker Marine Systems, “and because we are expert suppliers in the area in front of and behind… Underwater Propeller Repairs in Winter Conditions in Europe In just over a week Hydrex diver/technicians traveled to Finland,...