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Horst Kohler from MAN B&W`s engine technology promotion department argues that diesel engines remain the best option for cruise ship propulsion. When Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines signed a deal to use turbines…

Specialist equipment manufacturer Horn has added two four-stroke engine protection products to its portfolio. The MEV278 is a compact safety system gives overspeed protection and monitors all the functions required by the…

Greece`s Minoan Lines has signed a contract with Korean yard Samsung Heavy Industries for two fast 28,000g passenger/car ferries. The cost of each vessel is approximately $75 million, and the contract includes…

Busy times continue at Australian fast ferry builder Austal Ships. The yard has secured an export order for an 86m vehicle/passenger catamaran for bareboat charter to Danish government-owned BornholmsTrafikken. The charter will…

The smallest of the South Korean yards, Hanjin Heavy Industries, has won an order for three post-panamax container ships for Mediterranean Shipping Company. The yard will build the 4,050 TEU capacity vessels…

The Siemens/Schottle consortium has secured the first order for its SSP azimuthing podded drive. The SSP uses a permanently excited magnet motor that does not require air cooling and is said to…

MAN B&W`s Alpha Diesel has picked up its first order for a complete propulsion package for a 50cm bore low-speed engine. The 7S50MC-C VBS complete with a CPP and controls is destined…

Operational experience - with a mixture of designs - on the Irish Sea indicates positive support for fast ferry services. While some concerns have been raised about disruptions to fast ferry routes…

Kistler has introduced the Engine Peak Meter II, Type 2515A - a simplified version of its hand-held unit that can be used on diesel engines running up to 2,000 rev/min. The unit…

Naval and Jones Act vessels continue to be the mainstay of US yards The National Shipbuilding and Shipyard Conversion Act of 1993 provided the much-needed stimulus for the USA`s re-emergence onto the…