Propulsion

Near record low oil prices and depressed shipping rates in many sectors provided a stimulating backdrop to the triennial CIMAC Congress in Helsinki in June. But engine makers and users were in…

MAN Diesel & Turbo and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co have built the first Mitsui-MAN ME-GIE engine, running on ethane, diesel or (after a simple conversion) methane.

MTU has reported successful bench tests for its pure gas, high-speed marine engine, the first to be launched by MTU parent company Rolls-Royce.

Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) has launched a DC grid power distribution system that it claims can be used to enable variable generator speed operations on diesel-electric vessels of any size.

Wärtsilä has won a contract for two new 8000m3 trailing suction hopper dredgers being built for the Adani group, Indias largest private multi-port operator.

A sealed-in piston cooling system under development by Federal Mogul could enable higher running temperatures, greater energy efficiency and reduced cooling oil costs for marine four-stroke engines.

A new piston ring coating under the Goetze brand promises reduced wear, lower friction and greater scuff resistance under test conditions.

The 19,437 teu container vessel ‘MSC Jade’, featuring a 75,570kW rated, 103,000hp engine from MAN Diesel & Turbo, was delivered on May 20.