Month: January 2002

Wärtsilä has reported more orders for its RT-flex marine diesel engines. Two orders for the engines, which feature common-rail fuel injection, have been secured for installation in two 30,000 dwt multipurpose dry…

American-based researchers say they have developed a semiconductor technology that could allow efficient electricity generation without using traditional auxiliary machinery. Associate Professor Peter Hagelstein of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)?s department…

M.A. Turbo/Engine Design, based in Vancouver, Canada, has developed a water injection system specifically designed for retrofit to existing diesel engines which, it says, reduces both fuel consumption and emissions. The system…

Niigata Engineering has sort court protection from its creditors. The company, whose business includes the design and manufacture of a range of medium-speed diesel engines and other propulsion machinery, has filed for…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has released further details on development of a 600mm bore UEC LSE engine (see The Motor Ship, December 2001). It says it expects to complete design work by this…

The first onboard installation of MAN B&W?s L21/31 Holeby genset will not, as expected, be on one of the four DFDS Tor Line roro vessels on order at Flensburg Shipyard. Rather MAN…

Wärtsilä has sold its first EnviroEngines that combine common-rail fuel injection with electronically-controlled direct water injection. P&O Princess Cruises has elected to install 12 EnviroEngines on four of its cruise ships under…

Scania has launched its most powerful marine engine ever. The new DI16M can deliver up to 590kW of power. It is a watercooled, twin turbocharged, direct injection V8 engine. It has a…