SPONSORED CONTENT: Beneath the decks of vessels across the country, a quiet revolution is underway. Inside their underbelly is a high-tech set of components that work in unison—quietly humming together to push
DECEMBER 10, 2018 — Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, is collaborating with Lavle USA, Inc., to establish a new Marine Electric Propulsion Simulation (MEPS) Laboratory. The $12 million, 22,000-square-foot lab will be
MARCH 15, 2018 — A 45 m Incat Crowther design fast ferry ordered by Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, headquartered Azam Marine will be the world’s first ferry with Cummins QSK95 propulsion power.
Bellingham, Wash.-based All American Marine, together with the California Polytechnical Institute at Humboldt (Cal Poly), just announced the contract to build an innovative research vessel for the Cal Poly marine sciences program.
Currently under construction at Port Angeles, Wash., based BRIX Marine, the Chenega is the first in the company’s new 4615-HTC landing craft line. The new 4615-HTC landing craft is of robust construction
By Tuomas Riski, CEO, Norsepower As we ease our way into 2024, it’s clear that the winds of change are blowing through the maritime industry. Norsepower, a global provider of mechanical sails
In what’s being claimed as a world first for the maritime industry, Japan’s Mitsui E&S Co. Ltd, a MAN Energy Solutions’ licensee, has successfully tested a 50-centimeter bore MAN B&W two-stroke engine
Six new ASD (azimuthing stern drive) tugs being built for stock by Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine’s Ereğli Shipyard will be equipped with Schottel RudderPropellers. “An increasingly difficult global political situation and jeopardized
Seaspan Shipyards has awarded ABB a contract to deliver an integrated propulsion system for the first of the Canadian Coast Guard’s new-generation polar class icebreakers. The vessel is expected to be one
Chemship’s 2015-built 16,111 dwt Chemical Challenger has become the world’s first chemical tanker to be retrofitted with wind-assisted propulsion. This week, four 16-meter-high aluminum Econowind Ventofoils wing sails were installed on board
