Autonomous Shipping Nearly Here, Report Says
Technology—particularly sensor technology—already exists to make autonomous shipping in the maritime industry a reality by the end of the decade, according to a new whitepaper.
The Rolls-Royce led Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) published the whitepaper...
Wärtsilä, Carnival Extend Partnership
Wärtsilä and Carnival Corp. & plc., the world's largest cruise company, announced that they have signed a comprehensive, 12-year agreement that strengthens their existing partnership and joint continuous improvement efforts to maintain what the...
Integrated Digital System From WinGD
Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) has launched what it calls a new comprehensive, integrated system for creating value from engine and ship data.
WinGD Integrated Digital Expert (WiDE) is designed to allow the collection and...
Rolls Completes Thruster Plant Refurbish
Rolls-Royce
said it has completed a €57million upgrade and refurbishment of its thruster
manufacturing plant in Rauma, Finland, consolidating production over a single
site, and creating one of the world’s most advanced propulsion facilities.
Big BOB Business For Maersk Fluid Technology
Maersk Fluid Technology said it has received the first volume order for the new version of its Sea-Mate B1000 blending-on-board (BOB) cylinder oil system. Introduced in the second half of 2015, the BOB system...
Luxury Yacht With First Series Production MTU Hybrid Power
British luxury yacht manufacturer Sunseeker International and Rolls-Royce announced they will launch the first yacht with series production hybrid propulsion system by MTU in 2020.
In the meantime, the...
Waterjets For High-Speed Ferry
Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply four of its waterjets plus the hydraulics and control system for a new 109-m long high-speed RoPax ferry.The ship is being built at the Austal Ships Pty yard...
Natural Gas Fleet Concept Gets Approval
Wärtsilä and COSCO shipping Heavy Industry Co. (CHI) have announced the joint development of a natural gas operating fleet concept, which has obtained a Lloyd's Register's (LR) Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate.
The development project...
@SMM: First Marine Delivery For QSK95
At SMM 2016, Cummins announced that it recently delivered the first four QSK95 engines for a marine application to longtime customer Seacor Marine Holdings Inc. for installation into a 57 m catamaran crewboat designed...
Major Marine Changes For Rolls-Royce
BY IAN CAMERON
Rolls-Royce has announced sweeping changes to its marine business that includes the elimination of 800 jobs and the creation of a new Research and Development center in Norway.
The company supplies a broad...