Power & Propulsion – Page 68
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NewsHybrid Propulsion First for RiverQuest 'Explorer'
The launch last month in America of ''Explorer'', the world''s first green engineered floating classroom, claims to herald a new era in marine design for environmental sustainability.
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NewsCummins Power for Crew Boat Surge
The oil industry is one of the primary motivators in current boat building and the Middle East is one of the primary sources of oil.
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NewsEuropean Skies Clear with John Deere
John Deere Power Systems has progressed well beyond the limitation of early associations with American tractors and is now placing ever more marine engines on European workboats.
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Diesel-Electric for Fisheries Protection Newbuild
The latest vessel being built for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) will have an electric propulsion system provided by Rolls-Royce.
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The Show Must Go On On Board
Worboats perform any number of roles but there can be few more unusual than that of ''Amara Zee'', which is used as the performing platform for the Caravan Stage Company Tall Ship Theatre.
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XK's Easy Ride for Marine Engines
Trelleborg Industrial AVS has launched a new high performance member of its Cushymount range of mountings, specially designed to provide optimised shock and vibration isolation for large marine engines and gensets.
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NewsNew Seals Keep PLA Fleet Moving
The Port of London Authority (PLA) operates a fleet of workboats which operate 24/7 keeping the River Thames open and safe for navigation for 90 miles from upriver Surrey all the way to the sea. With such an operational commitment, the PLA’ s marine engineering superintendent Andy Nailor was happy ...
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Schiffko Reveals New Offshore Patrol Propulsion
Naval engineers Schiffko have revealed a new type of offshore patrol/SAR boat powered by an innovative propulsion concept. Working with development partners Voith Turbo Marine, the Potsdam Model Basin (SVA), and consultant Karl Otto Sadler, Schiffko is heading the development of a hybrid propulsion concept for a drive with low ...
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NewsNew Cat ACERTs Itself
Caterpillar launched the new Cat C18 ACERT engine at the recent Workboat Show in New Orleans. Based on the existing Cat C18 and 3406 marine engines, the new model will be available in eight commercial power ratings ranging from 454bhpat 1,800rpm to 873bhp at 2,200rpm and compliant with US EPA ...
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NewsWaterjet Goes Fishing in Norway
Norway''s Grovfjord Mek. Verksted AS has delivered a second 8.85m salmon fish farming workboat to countrymen Nordlaks AS. The two boats will be used for the daily chores of tending salmon and are equipped with small cranes and capstan winches.
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NewsThordon Solves USCG Sterntube Problem
Ice impact caused stern tube problems on the USCG's 'Polar Sea'The U.S. Coast Guard effected repairs and repeatedly 'built up' the support rings using a metallic polymer to improve the fit of the bronze carriers to the stern tubes. But this method of repair proved to be only temporary, short ...
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Hydrogen Engines for Water Taxis Offers Alternative
The Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc (HEC) has received a Letter of Intent from an investment group Brightwell Holdings BV representing Turkish boat builder "Labranda" and in cooperation with UNIDO-ICHET (United Nations Industrial Development Organization and International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies).
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News'Terramare 1' Repowered and Ready
When Keith Pope moved on from his vessel of many years, ''Josephine'', to acquire Terramare 1 recently, much of the refurbishment work had already been done by the original owner. The 24.5m LOA multi-purpose landing craft was built for use by the German Army, which had thoroughly modernised it in ...
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NewsHydrodynamics Helps Design New Thrusters
Dutch marine equipment supplier Vetus den Ouden turned to countrymen at the Maritime Institute Netherlands (MARIN) for collaboration in developing their latest bow thrusters. In working together with the noted hydrodynamics laboratory, Vetus has optimised bow thrusters performance by uniquely shaping propeller blade profiles, resulting in little or no cavitation ...
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News40 Knots for Rapid Response Workboat
Skærgården 1 is propelled by twin UltraJet 340 waterjets and powered by twin Cummins 6 CTA8.3M diesel engines rated at 430 hp at 2600 rpm. The reversing deflectors are actuated by UltraJet hydro-mechanical control systems.
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Propulsion Monitoring Gets Real Time Deal at SMM
California based real time marine information systems specialist MICAD Marine has announced a partnership with French propulsion systems specialist France Helices to offer vessel operators condition based monitoring on a new high performance surface drive system.
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No Bad Vibes at SMM 2006
Trelleborg Industrial AVS, which supplies anti-vibration and shock mounting systems to the global marine market, will be showing its new Cushymount XK on Stand A2040 at SMM 2006.
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NewsHarmonious Power at SMM
Renold Hi-Tec Couplings is using SMM 2006 in Hamburg to launch a new range of flexible couplings and rubber anti-vibration engine mountings for marine applications on Stand A3 001. The new VF couplings are designed for use with high speed, flex-mounted diesel engines across a torque range from 5,000 to ...
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NewsRepower for Poole Harbour Ferry
Castello, a 9.14m passenger ferry, has been repowered with a Perkins Sabre 92hp diesel engine coupled to a Borg Warner 72C gearbox. The 36 year old boat, which can carry up to 28 passengers, travels at a maximum speed of nine knots as it cruises across Poole Harbour to Brownsea ...
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NewsBig Power Package for Norwegian Ferries by Wartsila
Wartsila Corporation will provide the main and auxiliary engines for two new high speed Ro-Ro ferries being built at Aker Yards''Rauma facility in Finland for Norwegian operator Color Line AS.
