Woodward to acquire fuel injection specialist L’Orange

APRIL 9, 2018 — Rolls-Royce (London:RR.) and Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD) have signed an agreement for Woodward to acquire L’Orange GmbH and its related operations located in Germany, the United States and China

Seven more Majestic Fast Ferry cats to be MTU powered

MARCH 29, 2018 — Seven 39m Incat Crowther-designed catamaran fast ferries on order for Singapore operator Majestic Fast Ferry Pte Ltd will each be powered by two MTU 16V 2000 M72 engines.

New 16-cylinder MTU Series 8000 engines to power French frigates

MARCH 26, 2018 — Rolls-Royce has received its first order for the new 16-cylinder engines in its MTU Series 8000 range. French shipbuilder Naval Group (known as DCNS until 2017) has ordered

MTU Series 4000 completes IMO Tier III certification testing

MARCH 22, 2018 — Rolls-Royce reports that the latest generation of MTU’s Series 4000 engines, equipped with the SCR system for ships, has successfully completed IMO Tier III certification tests. Representatives of

Project shows that autonomous ships can meet COLREG rules

MARCH 21, 2018 — A research project led by Rolls-Royce has demonstrated that the operation of autonomous vessels can meet, if not exceed, current collision avoidance (COLREG) rules. Rolls-Royce’s partners in the

Sanmar orders 42 Rolls-Royce thrusters in multi-year supply agreement

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

R-R calls new situational awareness system a “game changer”

MARCH 6, 2018 — Rolls-Royce has unveiled a situational awareness system that uses multiple sensors and intelligent software to help navigators deal with the safety risks they face when operating vessels at

R-R waterjets and MTU engines picked for carbon fiber cats

MARCH 2, 2018 — Rolls-Royce is to supply Kamewa waterjet propulsion units and MTU engines for the three 42 m high-speed, lightweight carbon fiber cats ferries that Norwegian shipbuilder Brødrene Aa for

Republic of Korea Navy takes delivery of first Daegu class frigate

FEBRUARY 28, 2017 — South Korea’s defense procurement agency, Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has formally handed over the first Daegu-class (FFX-II) frigate to the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) Eight Daegu-class

Historic tall ship to add batteries

FEBRUARY 22, 2018 — Built over a century ago, in 1914, the Norwegian sail training ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl is the oldest of the large square riggers still in operation today, but she

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