Month: July 2010

Consulting engineering firm Ricardo is a well-known name in marine diesel engine circles; the company works closely with several major large engine companies, and such work has increased in both volume and…

ABB Turbocharging of Switzerland has introduced new turbine blades for engines burning lower qualities of HFO and with especially heavy duty operating profiles. The axial turbine blades feature hard-faced tips to counter…

MAN has completed the reorganisation of its engine and turbo businesses and the former MAN Diesel and MAN Turbo companies are now joined as a single enterprise, known as MAN Diesel and…

When a major oil-tanker operator discovered its existing fuel oil pump system could not meet new environmental regulations for ships entering European ports designated in emission-controlled areas (ECAs), pump group Colfax became…

According to UK company Marine Sealing Services, during the 1980s and 1990s, system oil contamination was a problem on the majority of two-stroke diesel engines.

Volvo Penta, together with Swedish emission control specialist STT Emtec, is introducing an effective solution to greatly reduce NOx emissions from high speed marine diesel engines.