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A Real Innovation in Cruise Ferries
Again: Norwegian shipping companies taking the lead in propulsion innovationMS Stavangerfjord is worldwide the first large cruise ferry powered exclusively by natural gas (using "single fuelled gas...
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Ghost ships on the Ocean - Who says it doesn’t work?
Drones do it and spacecrafts do it, and this since many years, and recently also automobile maker have their first autonomous cars on the streets, small boats do it also: Unmanned vessels on the ocean...
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What’s Special About Third Generation Dynamic Positioning DP3?
DP3 is a new offshore vessel positioning technology standard set by IMO that will enable a couple of new Farstad offshore vessels on the stocks in Norway to work safely in the most demanding and...
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Ghost ships on the Oceans – Who says it doesn’t work? Part 2
New functions for the autonomous ship The KISS principle will also be applied to the ship itself and it is also important to look at how existing vessels can be modified to support unmanned operation....
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MAN’s New EcoCam reduces fuel consumption
MAN EcoCam further optimises slow-steaming conceptMAN Diesel & Turbo has introduced the MAN EcoCam as a retrofit solution for the low-load optimisation of its low-speed, mechanical engines with...
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World’s largest Bilobe-Liquid Gas Storage Tanks
Sinopacific builds cargo tanks for 9.686 cubic meter with BV-ClassThe future of the Natural Gas Shipping keeps a majority of the shipping industry busy. Again and again new equipment and machinery is...
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Wärtsilä’s New Inline Scrubber System
Wärtsilä said its new inline scrubber system offers a number of “notable benefits” over conventional exhaust gas cleaning systems. Already with several ships in line for installation, the company says...
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Lower Fuel Consumption for Slow Steaming
Image: MHI-MMEThe new “next-generation” UEC50LSH-Eco Marine Diesel Engine developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd. (MHI-MME ) recently received its first order...
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Harnessing Wind Power for Auxiliary Propulsion
Example of a bulk carrier with four Norsepower Rotor Sails on the port side Finnish marine engineering company Norsepower Oy Ltd. announced this week that it will bring to the commercial maritime...
View ArticleWärtsilä, MAN Diesel & Turbo Renew Emissions Reduction Research
Conceived by two of the world’s leading engine manufacturing groups in 2002 and launched in 2004, Wärtsilä and MAN Diesel & Turbo’s HERCULES (High Efficiency Engine R&D on Combustion with Ultra...
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The Propulsion System of the Future
(Photo: MTU)What will the future look like for MTU’s research and development? What will the marine propulsion system of the future look like? An interview with Dr. Andreas Lingens, Executive Vice...
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