Berbu, AS Labruna and the marine thing in Morocco
Berbu is a Moroccan company active in the marine sector, relying on FPT engines supplied by AS Labruna
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Wärtsilä hybrid formula for some Dutch vessels
Wärtsilä hybrid propulsion solution to optimise efficiency and enable zero emissions for four new Dutch vessels
A double hydrogen refuelling at ALBA by NatPower H
NatPower H announced the completion of a double hydrogen refuelling of ALBA, Europe's first hydrogen-powered training vessel. An operation by NatPower H which follows others already focused on the development of scalable and operational hydrogen fuelling solutions for the nautical world.
Wärtsilä fights pollution with both BEV and ammonia
Wärtsilä powered the first USA BEV ferry and continue to believe also in ammonia engines
Team Italia Marine has found a leader: Christian Paolini
Rolls-Royce appointed Christian Paolini as Head of Team Italia Marine
Volvo Penta IPS goes electric
Initially developed for the marine commercial sector, this new Volvo Penta IPS electric range includes five drivelines
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AS Labruna called for OEMS, service network and subdealers
AS Labruna summoned OEMs and sudealers from North Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans to its headquarters at the AS Network & Customer Event
Moteurs Baudouin to showcase world’s most powerful 6+ MVA genset at Middle East Energy 2025
In a world premiere at Middle East Energy 2025, Moteurs Baudouin will introduce the highest-rated genset available for critical backup power, unprecedented power rating exceeding 6 MVA.
Dellorto two-track strategy
The two-track strategy allows the Dellorto group to extend and customise its expertise in EGR, throttle bodies, power units, BMS and batteries from motorbikes to off-highway applications with long-life requirements
HD Hyundai Infracore from G2 compact engines to DOTY 2025 DX Series
Hyundai G2 and DX. Doosan Infracore’s G2 series made its first DIESEL International cover at bauma 2013. Twelve years after, at bauma 2025, DIESEL has since become POWERTRAIN and Doosan has become HD Hyundai Infracore.
The DX series, crowned DotY 2025, marks a new milestone. But what does it have
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Vulkan RATO S couplings for Grimaldi. The story of a conversion (Part Two)
Vulkan has mounted two RATO S couplings on the Grimaldi Group’s Cruise Smeralda ship. The couplings on the propulsion engines (here is the first part of the story, published last week) are part of a conversion project that the two companies started in 2019 and concluded last year. We resume th...
Scania and Whiteheaven
Scania and Whiteheaven, from the Scandinavian sea to to the Australian coral reef. The Whitehaven 8000 propulsion is powered by a couple of orange engines with the peak power at 2300 rpm and a peak torque of 4100 Nm at 1800 rpm. Top speed is 22 knots. The fabulous V8 challenges the competitors, brav...
Vulkan RATO S couplings for Grimaldi Group: the story of a conversion (Part One)
Grimaldi Group has turned to Vulkan for the replacement of two propulsion engine couplings installed on board the Cruise Smeralda motor vessel with the RATO S couplings from Vulkan. In this case, conversion means the installation of a new type of couplings compared to the previous ones. A project st...
MAN Engines and Ferretti Group extend their collaboration for three further years
MAN Engines seems to work quite well with some of the major Italian luxury yacht shipyards. In fact, the Group has announced the extension of the collaboration with Ferretti Group, right after the announcement about another long-lasting cooperation, the one with Azimut Benetti. The engine supply con...
MAN Energy Solutions to push on LPG: more retrofits announced
BW LPG, the world’s leading owner and operator of LPG vessels, has announced today that it will retrofit a further three MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.2 type engines to MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.5-LGIP dual-fuel types, capable of operating on fuel oil and LPG. This is another option of a 4+4+4+3 contract ...
Vard and Isotta Fraschini to satisfy Viking Octantis expectations
Vard and Isotta Fraschini have done a good job. Which one? Here is Viking Cruises’ version (and here something about IFUTURE). Vard and Isotta Fraschini. A successful partnership “Los Angeles (December 22, 2020) – Viking today announced its first expedition ship – the 378-guest Viking Octantis...
MAN Stage V. The lion roars into the sea
MAN is Stage V compliant off-road and into the sea as well (EU STAGE V). As you know MAN knows no limits of application. When you say the word work associated with the word machine, you feel you have to be there. After onroad Euro6 came Stage V for NRMM. Now, at last, also for […]
Wärtsilä hybrid solution for new Canadian ferry
Wärtsilä will help minimize carbon footprint by implementing its hybrid solution on a new Ro-Ro ferry being built for the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. The vessel is being built at the Western Pacific Marine shipyard, and when delivered will serve the Balfour –...
Americans to the bone. Newmar Power celebrated its first 50 years
Newmar is a classic example of an all-American organization with deep roots in the U.S. commercial marine sector. Offering an extensive line of DC and AC Power Products with an earned reputation of high reliability and quality, Newmar powers essential equipment in industries such as marine, telecomm...
The next Rostock Large Engine Conference will be held in September 2022
The seventh edition of the Rostock Large Engine Conference, the international symposium for large ship engines, will be held on 15 and 16 September 2022 in the German city of Rostock. The announcement came some months after the end of the 6th edition of the conference, which took place at the beginn...
