SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — Following the recent engineering casualty on the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), Commander, Naval Surface Forces, Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, ordered an engineering stand down for
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — Classification society Bureau Veritas is to class the first-of-its kind conversion of Haren/Ems, Germany, based Wessels Reederei’s 1,036 TEU containership Wes Amelie to LNG as fuel (see earlier
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — Rolls-Royce has added three larger stainless steel Kamewa waterjets to its product range. The new waterjets are designed for use in bigger (30 m +) vessels. Rolls-Royce says
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — Rolls-Royce has added three larger stainless steel Kamewa waterjets to its product range. The new waterjets are designed for use in bigger (30 m +) vessels. Rolls-Royce says
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — ABB says that the latest version of its podded electric propulsion system, the Azipod XL, increases vessel fuel efficiency by as much as 20 percent compared to modern
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — MAN Diesel & Turbo, Augsburg, Germany, reports that it recently delivered the 10,000th turbocharger from its TCR radial-type turbocharger series. The MAN TCR14 unit was produced for a
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 — Carnival Corporation & plc has signed a memorandum of agreement with shipbuilders Meyer Werft and Meyer Turku covering delivery of three additional next-generation cruise ships that will be
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016— Pon Power A/S and Caterpillar Marine report that Cat power solutions have been selected to power four 3100 LM RoPax Ferries for Stena Line. With 3,100 lane m in
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016— The newly launched Wärtsilä Sea-Master system for monitoring the condition of tail shaft equipment uses digital technology to monitor shaft bearings and seals to help customers maximize uptime and
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016—Deltamarin Ltd is to provide Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions Oy(RMC) shipyard with design services for the RoPax ferry recently ordered by Denmark’s Mols-Linien A/S (see earlier story). The vessel