Wärtsilä in ammonia-fueled four-stroke first
Wärtsilä has brought to market the marine sector’s first four-stroke engine based solution for ammonia fuel. It is now commercially available as part of the Wärtsilä 25 engine platform, which was launched
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Marine engine design and the future fuels challenge
Any discussion of developments in marine engine design must start with fuels — notably future fuels because any ship ordered today will have an expected operating life of around 20 to 25
HHI-EMD methanol engine passes milestone test
A methanol dual fuel genset engine for the world’s first methanol-fueled containership has completed its FAT(Factory Acceptance Test) for the shipowner, Maersk. The engine is a Hyundai Heavy Industries – Engine &
Wärtsilä plans to end engine manufacturing in Italy
Wärtsilä says it plans to ramp down engine manufacturing in Trieste, Italy, and to centralize its European four-stroke engine manufacturing in Vaasa, Finland. While the Trieste site (once home of Grande Motori
New Year to bring more territory for Scania distributor Mack Boring
DECEMBER 26, 2018 — Scania U.S.A. Inc., San Antonio, TX, recently announced that its U.S. Northeast distributor Mack Boring & Parts Co., has been assigned additional territory in the United States to
Wärtsilä introduces “small but mighty” high speed engine
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 — Introduced at this week’s International Workboat Show, the Wärtsilä 14 is a high-speed, compact engine designed to fit requirements for limited space and weight, lower capital expense and
Scania adds new 13-liter inline six to its marine engine portfolio
NOVEMBER 30, 2017 — Scania has added a new six-cylinder 13-liter inline engine to its marine engine portfolio that offers power outputs of 650 to 925 hp with reduced fuel consumption. The
Kobe Steel breakthrough points way to more compact engines
AUGUST 30, 2017 — Opening the way for more compact engines, classification society ClassNK has given Kobe Steel approval to use a K factor of 1.15 as the design margin in the
Latest Japan Engine UEC Eco-B2 completes shop tests
AUGUST 16, 2017 — Akasaka Diesels Limited, a licensee of Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) has successfully finished shop testing of the first 7UEC35LSE-Eco-B2 low speed, two stroke engine in its factory. Japan
MTU Friederichshafen has new “green” paint shop
JUNE 21, 2017 — Rolls-Royce Power Systems is putting a new paint shop into operation at its MTU Plant 2 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The new shop will make painting operations more efficient