Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has signed what’s described as “a sizeable contract” that will see Kongsberg Maritime deliver high-performance, future-proof US205SFP and US255SFP thrusters for installation on new azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboats.
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with Fincantieri’s Vard subsidiary to supply a large package of permanent magnet (PM) thrusters for installation on two new offshore wind construction service operation vessels (CSOVs)
Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyards has selected Steerprop SP 20 WD azimuth propulsion units, each rated at 1,610 kW, for a series of three Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAmparts 2300_UZM tugs. Each tug will
Torqeedo and Poseidon Propulsion B.V. are introducing a fully-electric steerable thruster system designed to provide up to 65 kW of emissions-free power and directional thrust. The first vessel with the new system
The fully-electric ship-handling tug on order at Damen Shipyards by the Port of Auckland, New Zealand (see earlier story), will be equipped with two Kongsberg US255 L PM FP azimuth thrusters that
The tugboat currently under construction at the Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine, for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) will be propelled by medium-sized Schottel azimuth
Schottel has added a new, state-of-the-art shallow water thruster, the Schottel Pump Jet type SPJ 30, to its product line Available in the power class up to 150 kW, the azimuth thruster
JANUARY 23, 2019 —Rolls-Royce has completed a multi-million Euro upgrade and refurbishment of its thruster manufacturing plant in Rauma, Finland, that consolidates production on a single site, and creates one of the
NOVEMBER 14, 2018 — Thrustmaster Holdings B.V., affiliated with U.S. based Thrustmaster of Texas Inc. recently acquired a 58.5% stake in Blue Thruster, a Dutch based maritime innovations company. With this transaction,
MARCH 15, 2018 — Rolls-Royce has secured a major order from Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards for propulsion and deck equipment for tugboats the yard is building for various customers. The scope of supply
