Propulsion

David Tinsley explains how, In the unerring drive to expand the market reach of its home-grown HiMSEN range of four-stroke engines, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is preparing to launch the H46/60V diesel,…

David Tinsley looks at the MaK dual fuel engine range, the first of which has now been shipped by the Caterpillar corporation for installation in a newbuild cruise vessel.

David Tinsley explains how China’s increasing technological capabilities are being leveraged to develop and manufacture home-grown engines using localised components and tailored to and priced for the domestic market, complementing volume production…

ABC launched its latest four-stroke marine engine at SMM in 2012, and used the recent CIMAC Congress in Shanghai to update its customers, reports David Tinsley.

With the European marine engine research project Hercules well into its third phase, David Tinsley looks at how it can achieve its goals of near-zero emissions and further significant drops in fuel…

Caterpillar has made the larger MaK range of medium speed engines available in the US with EPA Tier 2 Certification.

Wärtsilä’s propulsion condition monitoring service augments vibration analysis with a range of measurements to help prevent failure and improve the operational performance of propulsors, by Wendy Laursen.

A growing number of scrubber technologies are gaining industry experience, but hybrid systems are providing a safe option for dealing with the current regulatory uncertainties, writes Wendy Laursen

Birger Jacobsen, senior two-stroke research engineer at MAN Diesel & Turbo in Copenhagen looks at how the latest propulsion technology can reduce carbon emissions, resulting in a favourable EEDI rating, for tankers…

MTU says that its series 8000 high speed marine engine has received NVR certification from US classification society ABS, joining the 8V 396, which had previously received NVR approval.