Rolls-Royce acquires marine automation specialist Servowatch

Aiming to significantly expand the ship automation division of its MTU brand, Rolls-Royce has acquired U.K.-based integrated marine automation solutions specialist Servowatch Systems from India’s Larsen & Toubro. The new subsidary’s open

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

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 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

Kongsberg completes Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine acquisition

Following European Commission approval, Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen has today completed the acquisition of Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine (RRCM). Officially part of Kongsberg Maritime, RRCM will operate under the Kongsberg brand and the Kongsberg

Autonomous vessels: Not so remote

JULY 18, 2017—Autonomous vessels and unmanned ships aren’t light years away, but are far closer than you might think. The following article, originally published under the title, “The Future is Now: Unmanned

L’Orange adds turbochargers to product line

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 — Rolls-Royce Power Systems subsidiary L’Orange — well known for fuel injection and exhaust aftertreatment solutions — has added turbochargers to its products portfolio. The new turbocharger family is

Rolls-Royce, Guido Perla collaborate on Jackson Offshore PSVs

OCTOBER 10, 2013—Leading power and propulsion specialist Rolls-Royce and naval architectural and marine engineering firm Guido Perla and Associates, Inc. (GPA) teamed up last year to provide a highly innovative design and

Sinopec unit takes delivery of advanced seismic vessel

OCTOBER 3, 2013 — China’s Shanghai Offshore Petroleum Bureau, which is part of Sinopec, has taken delivery of delivery of the seismic research vessel FA XIAN 6 from Shangai Shipyard Co. The

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