VIDEO: Great Lakes Towing christens two latest hybrid tugs

Sister companies Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard yesterday joined together at their Cleveland, Ohio, facilities to celebrate the christening of the new tugs Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Customers, vendors, community,

Nichols Brothers launches third ASD-90 tug for Foss

Launched yesterday by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB), Freeland, Wash., the M/V Leisa Florence is the third of four ASD-90 class tugs ordered at the shipyard by Foss Maritime. Foss welcomed the

MTU engines power 63-ton bollard pull Emden tug

Now in operation in Emden, Germany, the 28-meter harbor assist and salvage tug Peter Wessels has a bollard pull of 63 tons, making it the most powerful tug in the five-tug fleet

Ricardo delivers its first virtual remote IMO Tier III certification testing

With COVID-19 travel restrictions and associated measures in place, global engineering and technical consultancy Ricardo plc has implemented a virtual certification test service that enables it to offer customers in the marine

Rolls-Royce Power Systems names Otto Preiss COO

Otto Preiss is to join the management board of Rolls-Royce Powers Systems as Chief Operating Officer (COO) on May 1. Preiss joins the company, whose brands include MTU and Bergen Engines, after

Robert Allan awarded AiP for LNG-fueled pushboat

Classification society DNV GL has presented Vancouver, B.C., based naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. with an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a natural gas fueled shallow draft pushboat design, the RApide

Rolls-Royce inks 10-year, 17-tug service deal with Svitzer

Rolls-Royce has signed a 10-year service agreement with global towage and marine services operator Svitzer A/S. Called a Global Frame Value Care Agreement (VCA) it covers spare parts deliveries in six countries

VIDEO: Robert Allan and MTU develop LNG fueled shallow draft push boat

LNG is increasingly becoming a maritime industry “fuel of choice,” for the maritime industry, not only for its potential in reducing environmentally harmful emissions, but also for its reduced cost when compared

Rolls-Royce Power Systems business to restructure its brands

The Rolls-Royce Group says that its Rolls-Royce Power Systems business unit, with its core brand MTU, is to “present itself more clearly in future as an integral part of the British Rolls-Royce

Fast cat is test bed for new MTU and ZF monitoring system

Rolls-Royce and ZF are developing a new electronic monitoring system for ships. The aim is to achieve maximum vessel availability, while keeping fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to a minimum. Called the

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