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A wider range of John Deere marine engines

John Deere marine engines. The latest international events highlighted the efforts that the ‘deer’ is making in order to meet the requirements of marine propulsion systems. We dedicated a recent post to tell our readers about the company’s latest solutions on display at MetsTrade, a crucial exhibiti...

Zipwake Series E interceptors

Introduced at the end of last year at MetsTrade, Zipwake Series E interceptors are the new large, fast-acting interceptors that include three straight, three tunnel and two chine models. Their blade rate and stroke are 40 mm/s and 60 mm respectively. The large, modular design made for mass productio...

Torqeedo unveiled Cruise 10.0 T electric outboard

More than two years ago, the Bavarian specialist in outboard and inboard electric drive systems for marine applications Torqeedo was acquired by Deutz, becoming an actual subsidiary of the Deutz Group and acting as a pillar in the e-Deutz program.   Torqeedo had a major stand indeed at the last...

John Deere and the marine engines: what we saw at Mets

John Deere and the marine engines. The Illinois-based manufacturer wants to be a primary brand not only in the agricultural field, but also in marine applications, according to a path that started quite a long time ago. For this reason, the company put on display at the latest edition of Mets severa...

FPT N67 450 N engine broadens the NEF family

FPT N67 450 N. During the MetsTrade exhibition, held last November in Amsterdam, the long-awaited C16 600 marine engine from FPT Industrial was officially launched. Nevertheless, another new product was introduced at the Dutch trade fair for pleasure craft. We are talking about the versatile N67 450...

Hydropod, the hydraulic pod from AS Labruna

Among the most interesting new products we saw at MetsTrade 2019 is definitely the HydroPod developed by AS Labruna. It is a hydraulic pod capable to deliver 500 horsepower (almost 368 kW) and 2,500 Nm of torque. A product that – as Massimo Labruna told us – fits into a niche market trad...

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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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A wider range of John Deere marine engines

John Deere marine engines. The latest international events highlighted the efforts that the ‘deer’ is making in order to meet the requirements of marine propulsion systems. We dedicated a recent post to tell our readers about the company’s latest solutions on display at MetsTrade, a crucial exhibiti...

Zipwake Series E interceptors

Introduced at the end of last year at MetsTrade, Zipwake Series E interceptors are the new large, fast-acting interceptors that include three straight, three tunnel and two chine models. Their blade rate and stroke are 40 mm/s and 60 mm respectively. The large, modular design made for mass productio...

Torqeedo unveiled Cruise 10.0 T electric outboard

More than two years ago, the Bavarian specialist in outboard and inboard electric drive systems for marine applications Torqeedo was acquired by Deutz, becoming an actual subsidiary of the Deutz Group and acting as a pillar in the e-Deutz program.   Torqeedo had a major stand indeed at the last...

John Deere and the marine engines: what we saw at Mets

John Deere and the marine engines. The Illinois-based manufacturer wants to be a primary brand not only in the agricultural field, but also in marine applications, according to a path that started quite a long time ago. For this reason, the company put on display at the latest edition of Mets severa...

FPT N67 450 N engine broadens the NEF family

FPT N67 450 N. During the MetsTrade exhibition, held last November in Amsterdam, the long-awaited C16 600 marine engine from FPT Industrial was officially launched. Nevertheless, another new product was introduced at the Dutch trade fair for pleasure craft. We are talking about the versatile N67 450...

Hydropod, the hydraulic pod from AS Labruna

Among the most interesting new products we saw at MetsTrade 2019 is definitely the HydroPod developed by AS Labruna. It is a hydraulic pod capable to deliver 500 horsepower (almost 368 kW) and 2,500 Nm of torque. A product that – as Massimo Labruna told us – fits into a niche market trad...

Diemax, proudly ‘orange’

The Dutch manufacturer Diemax truly played home-field at Mets 2019. We talked about the Dutch trade fair in this post. Already two years ago we saw the 12-cylinder model with power from 388 kilowatts at 4,000 rpm and 447 kW at 4,500 rpm, designed specifically for marine applications. During last yea...

Vulkan and the vibro-acoustic comfort

Vulkan Group, and particularly its subsidiary Vulkan Italia, exhibited at MetsTrade in Amsterdam with a clear goal:to communicate its recognized expertise in the development of vibro-acoustic solutions for marine propulsion systems. And if, in terms of the Group’s commitment to the marine sect...

Fpt C16 600, a new proposal for commercial applications

FPT C16 600. We were in Amsterdam at MetsTrade 2019 for the official preview. And we’ll talk about this new engine in the first issue of Diesel International 2020. One of the brand-new products launched by FPT Industrial in the Netherlands was indeed this 16-litre marine engine, Diesel of the year 2...

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...