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Pilgrim hydraulic nuts and oil injection system have been specified for Britain?s fleet of S and I class nuclear attack submarines undergoing major upgrade work. The nuts will enable fast installation and…

MAN B&W has designs for a 1,080mm bore engine. The company says it has confined the designs to the bottom of a drawer while the containership market, for which the so-called K108…

ABB has sold its air handling business, including the Fläkt trademark, to Global Air Movement for $225 million. The new owner plans to combine it with Woods Air Movement Limited, of Colchester…

The first of a new series of heavy-lift multi-purpose containerships under construction in China has been delivered. The vessels, ordered by German-based Schoeller Holdings, are being built in Xiamen (8 + 4…

UK-based Wynn Marine has developed a new touch screen system for controlling a large number of bridge window wipers. The touch screen is designed to be integrated with the company?s series 3000…

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…

ExxonMobil Marine Lubricants has improved its Signum Oil Analysis web site to make it easier for ship operators to monitor the condition of engines, equipment and lubricants by testing used oil samples.…

Legislation that eventually caught up with tankers will inevitably catch up with bulkers. But will we have to wait until a bulker pollutes a French beach with bunkers before there are any…

STN Atlas Elektronik has completed installation of new VTS facilities for the Customs authority at Shenzhen, the South China Sea coastal city north of Hong Kong, under a contract worth $400,000. Designed…

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…