Propulsion

Technology’s Catch 22 is that innovation is at worst an expensive failure and at best - if it’s a success - it will be superseded writes Stevie Knight. No wonder that so…

Flettner rotors have a great deal going for them. In fact, early signs show they could prove an untapped goldmine – but getting it right will make or break those involved in…

Reintjes will present its new down WVSA down angle gearbox series at this year’s SMM exhibition in Hamburg in September.

A ship under construction at Cemre shipyard for UK operator Wightlink will be the first ferry to employ Wärtsilä’s technology that uses batteries to manage engine load fluctuations.

ABB is to deliver four Azipod thruster, totalling 52 MW of power, to be fitted to an ice-class LNG tanker and an arctic oil tanker under construction at South Korean yards.

Over the last couple of years, capital investment in energy and fuel efficiency has dropped off. But NOx compliance and reduction of particulate matter remains a crucial topic, writes Paul Morgan.

Federal-Mogul Powertrain will introduce recent developments within its Goetze (145-640mm cylinder bore) and Daros (260-980mm) range of piston rings for two-stroke and four-stroke large bore engines (LBE) at this month’s SMM exhibition.

Industry professionals are searching for models that determine whether wind assisted ship propulsion will be commercially viable on cargo vessels. But this snake bites its own tail: more user data is needed…