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Kvaerner Fjelltrand in Singapore has been awarded two new orders for its well known 40m FlyingCat passenger catamaran ferry by the State Treasury Department in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Valued at close to…

MAN B&W has orders for 20 of its K98 engines for container ship propulsion, half of which are 12-cylinder units - which at 68.6MW (93,270 bhp) will be the world?s most powerful…

Cargill International has recorded fuel savings of up to 10.25 per cent following the retrofitting of Sistemar CLT propellers to its panamax bulkers Powhatan and Paiute. The savings were calculated from March…

Caterpillar has extended the use of its hydraulic electronic unit injectors (HEUI) to the 3400 and 3200 series engines. The system uses a hydraulic intensifier that magnifies the force of the high…

Finn-filter has introduced an automatic back flushing HFO unit capable of handling up to 200 lit/min of hot fuel. The unit can be fitted to either the hot or cold side of…

The RCI fuel purifier is said to remove 99 per cent of water from MDO without the need for a full centrifuge system. Inside the purifier the chamber has a central vertical…

Baudouin has added the 6R123 engine to its range ? a slightly smaller version of its 6R124. The straight-six 123 is based on a Mack truck engine, has a swept volume of…

Termomeccanica has introduced a range axially split centrifugal and in-line pumps which do not require oil or grease lubrication. Both designs use the pumped fluid as a lubricating medium and to give…

NKK is developing a welding robot that can weld on a ship`s bottom shell plate from underneath the bottom of the ship while in dry dock. The company says it has devised…

An in-line sensor which monitors the level of contamination in hydraulic fluid has been introduced by Arma Supplies. The company has designed and built two flushing rigs which it says can flush…