Volvo Penta and the first (retrofitted) E-CVT
Volvo Penta will supply its advanced Inboard Performance System (IPS) for the world’s first retrofitted, electric crew transfer vessel (E-CTV).
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MAN Engines V12 marine engine is CARB CHC Level 3 compliant
MAN Engines' D2862 V12 has been CARB CHC Level 3 certified for medium and heavy duty commercial marine applications
Volvo Penta successfully installed a quadruple IPS on a catamaran
Volvo Penta powered Alilauro's Giove JET, in service in the Gulf of Naples, the first passenger catamaran with a quadruple IPS 30 installation
World’s largest car carriers powered by MAN Energy Solutions
Thomas S. Hansen, Head of Sales and Promotion at MAN Energy Solutions, said: “The car carrier market is currently thriving and demand for new tonnage is at an all-time high. Most of these newbuildings are with dual-fuel engines. Accordingly, the ME-GI engine remains the most prominent dual-fuel engi...
SAIM Marine introduces ExiLencer
SAIM Marine introduces ExiLencer, an innovative solution by the Danish company Exilator, which manufactures exhaust gas purification systems with integrated silencers, a filter and a catalyst.
Japanese Imabari Shipbuilding to install MAN ammonia engines
Imabari Shipbuilding will install an MAN B&W 7S60ME-Ammonia engine with SCR in connection with the construction of a 200,000 dwt class bulk carrier for a joint venture between K Line, NS United and Itochu Corporation. The business represents one of the first projects for MAN Energy Solutions’ ammoni...
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AS Labruna at the DPE Rimini with LF and start-up MOVe
AS Labruna was present at the DPE - International Electricity Expo in Rimini with LF, FPT Industrial dealer for North Africa, and MOVe, startup for the electrification of on-road vehicles, such as the Metrocab of Fresia
FPT Industrial: let’s go, XC13
The XC13 surely sounds agnostic in FPT Industrial’s unofficial nomenclature; it comes, indeed, with a tripartite certification: Euro 6E (winking an eye at the upcoming Euro 7), methane gas and also biofuel, with a link to hydrogen. Andrea Abbà, FPT’s product marketing manager, told us about dialogui...
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Siemens diesel-electric propulsion on board the MY Vanadis superyacht
Siemens diesel-electric propulsion, namely the Siship EcoProp, is on board the MY Vanadis superyacht, a 31-metre vessel built by CCN (Cerri Cantieri Navali). The system provides that the propulsion may rely on traditional diesel engines to navigate at cruising speed or rather on electric motors for ...
Much more than sustainability at METS 2019
A few figures, first of all, to frame the Mets 2019, which again this year we have not been able to give up. The international trade show of marine equipment, materials and systems hosted, from 19 to 21 November, just under 18,000 visitors from 115 countries and 1,670 exhibitors from 53 countries, w...
SISHIP EcoProp, the Siemens propulsion for Benetti’s yachts
Sustainable navigation, with low consumption and reduced environmental impact. Siemens’ SISHIP EcoProp system is on board the new category of Expedition yachts from Benetti. In particular, on board the B.YOND 37M which ensures, thanks to the e-Mode propulsion architecture developed for the shipyard,...
Yanmar engines roared in the French sea
Yanmar doubled indeed its efforts last September and took part to two important yachting exhibitions, both of them held in France. The first one was, of course, Cannes Yachting Festival at the new-look Cannes exhibition. The other one took place only a few days later in La Rochelle, in Western Franc...
ZF azimuth thruster technology for an oceanographic research vessel
The impact of the retractable azimuth thruster technology. The research vessel ‘R/V Roger Revelle’, owned by the US Navy and operated by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography under a charter agreement with the Office of Naval Research, is a globally capable oceanographic research vessel, designed as...
Eight MAN engines at work between Trinidad and Tobago
A total of eight MAN engines have been ordered by two prominent Australian shipbuilders, namely Austal and Incat Tasmania, to work on two different ferries connecting the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The order of these MAN 16V28/33D STC engines was pushed by the decision of the Government of the ...
ZF Hybrid Marine. Under the lens
ZF Hybrid Marine. The future of shipping ZF Hybrid Marine. Coming a step back, looking at Genoa Boat Show, we appreciate the 8000 series, in hybrid configuration with PTI and ZF electric motor of 200 kilowatts. ZF is notoriously one of the technological leaders in the driveline for over all t...
Volvo Penta electric sailing
We already talked about the decision by Volvo Penta to bring its “electric project” to the waters of the Cannes Yachting Festival of this year here on Diesel International. Now, we want to take a closer look to what this kind of project is about to better understand the direction that Vo...
Mercury Marine: The Verado family hits 400
The Verado hits 400! (294 kW) Mercury Marine announced the launch of the latest addition to the Verado family: the 294 kW (400 hp) outboard engine. It is officially the company’s highest output Verado-branded outboard engine in its portfolio. Since the launch of the 257 kW (350 hp) Verado and the Me...
Volvo Penta integration on the marine side
Volvo Penta integration process seen by Ghutemburg Volvo Penta integration. We’re at Genoa Boat show, where ATENA, an Italian association of naval technology, organized a workshop on ‘digitization’. Volvo Penta brought his contribution through the mouth of Andrea Piccione, Sales ma...
