Cummins and Wabtec on ferry propulsion

Q&A: 10 Minutes with Cummins and Wabtec Marine Propulsion

[Sponsored Content]: Cummins has long provided engines, gensets, and other applications and accessories to ferries, tugboats, towboats, fishing vessels and more. Wabtec Corporation, of which Cummins has partnered with on various sales

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Møkster and Wärtsilä explore use of ammonia

Can you burn ammonia in existing LNG dual-fuel engines? Stavanger, Norway-based offshore support vessel specialist Simon Møkster Shipping aims to find out. The family-owned company has entered a collaboration agreement with Wärtsilä

Seafarer Happiness Index

Seafarer happiness back up, but risk of industry exodus rises

The crew change crisis could be followed by a crew retention crisis. Though the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report contains more evidence that significant numbers of seafarers are likely to leave the

Ammonia-fueled ammoniacarrier

Japan moves ahead on 2 ammonia-fueled vessels

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has approved a project that will see major domestic players move ahead on the commercialization of ammonia-fueled vessels with Japanese-produced ammonia-burning engines. The

Checking cargo pumping operations

New control system makes cargo offloading faster and easier

Following a successful test on the product and chemical tanker Fure Ven, Danish deepwell pump specialist Svanehøj is launching “FlowControl.” This newly developed software-based control system automates the control of electric cargo

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Flattening the cost of turbocharger maintenance

[SPONSORED CONTENT]: Significant sums are spent on maintenance every year in all industries but quantifying it is difficult, often leading to subjective decisions about its management. In a 2018 report from the

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Royal Caribbean to debut fuel cell battery-hybrid cruise ship

Next summer, Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE:RCL) is set to debut what it claims will be the cruise industry’s first hybrid powered ship, (though Norway’s Hurtigruten might quibble with that) as part its

Autonomous tug in Hamburg

Sea Machines autonomous tug completes 1,000-mile Machine Odyssey

Boston, Mass., headquartered Sea Machines Robotics​​​​ reports that the autonomous and remotely controlled tug Nellie Bly has arrived in Hamburg after completing a 1,000+ nautical miles autonomous “Machine Odyssey” around Denmark. The

Adam Mills, Marine Jet Power

Marine Jet Power celebrates 35 years of vessel service

[Sponsored Content] Marine Jet Power (MJP) recently appointed Adam Mills as its new regional sales director for the Americas as the company celebrates 35 years of service to the maritime industry. As

Cjipper Eos with VVS system

Wärtsilä and Solvang to retrofit vessel with carbon capture solution

Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment and Norwegian ship operator Solvang have agreed to carry out a full-scale pilot of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) system retrofit installation on Solvang’s 21,000-cubic-meter ethylene carrier, Clipper

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