Month: March 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vard Electro, the marine electrical systems supplier, has signed a multi-million-euro agreement with Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch to supply full DC distribution systems along with its protection devices.

Importer · 30th March 2023

Vard Electro inks DC distribution system deal

Importer · 30th March 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

RC Dock Engineering has achieved a milestone with the first Class approval from RINA for its first remotely controlled unmanned workboats to operate up to 200 nautical miles from shore.

Importer · 30th March 2023

Approval for RC Dock remote-controlled workboats

Importer · 30th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä has introduced a new radical derating retrofit solution – Wärtsilä Fit4Power - to extend the emissions-compliant lifetime of merchant vessels by providing the existing two-stroke fleet with leaner, healthier and more…

30th March 2023

Wärtsilä launches radical derating solution for two-stroke engines

30th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Rolls-Royce Power Systems confirmed that it plans to develop a high-speed internal combustion engine concept for ships that can run on green methanol in a CO2-neutral manner by the end of 2025 at…

30th March 2023

Rolls-Royce announces plans to develop methanol-engine by end-2025

30th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions’ new MAN 49/60DF four-stroke engine has been approved by six classification societies after successfully passing a five-day programme of type approval tests (TAT) at MAN ES’s Augsburg facility in…

30th March 2023

Successful TA test for MAN 49/60DF

30th March 2023

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Christoph Rofka, Accelleron’s president Medium & Low Speed products and VP Communications at CIMAC, discusses changes that are affecting the wider maritime propulsion market, and Accelleron’s response in an exclusive interview with…

30th March 2023

Accelleron’s Christoph Rofka sees upcoming changes in the turbocharging market

30th March 2023

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

An ABB study based on three years of operational ship data mounts the compelling case for integrating battery power onboard modern icebreakers, Samuli Hänninen, who specializes in icebreaking vessels at ABB Marine & Ports, tells The Motorship.

30th March 2023

Battery power to breakthrough in ice

30th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The latest in Celebrity Cruises’ Edge Series will be powered by methanol-ready engines supplied by Wärtsilä, advancing the use of alternative fuels in the cruise industry.

29th March 2023

Methanol-ready engines for new cruise ship

29th March 2023

CARBON CAPTURE

CARBON CAPTURE

Tamara de Gruyter of Wärtsilä discusses the challenges of balancing footprint, solvent and energy requirements when marinising carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology for onboard CCS systems, and calls for regulators to…

28th March 2023

PODCAST: Shrinking mature CCS systems without increasing parasitic energy requirements

28th March 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Hydrogen-natural gas blends of up to 25% hydrogen by volume have been confirmed to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 10% without significantly impacting engine performance.

28th March 2023

Hydrogen testing on unmodified Wärtsilä 50SG engine confirms performance

28th March 2023