Power & Propulsion – Page 2
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NewsSail technology comes to fishing
The development of a 12-metre high rigid sail, installed on board longliner Balueiro Segundo, is intended to achieve greater energy efficiency, reducing consumption of fuel and consequently emissions.
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Whole fleet gets grease-free bearings
In 2019 shrimp trawler Maros VII went to the Lighthouse Shipyard at Mazatlán in Mexico for a refit and an upgrade so successful that the rest of the company’s 50 vessels are getting the same treatment.
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Brunvoll propulsion expertise for Liafjord
Brunvoll has signed a contract with the Cemre yard in Turkey to deliver the propulsion and manoeuvring system for Liegruppen Fiskeri’s new pelagic trawler Liafjord.
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Larsnes fits Yanmar power to fish carrier
Yanmar Europe has delivered its 160th engine for the Nordic region’s fisheries sector.
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Netter’s all-Mitsubishi re-power
The owners of a Danish netting boat went to West Diesel for a suite of new engines to re-power Maria Bork L-66.
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Time-saving repair job for Russian trawler
When Russian trawler LLV Kaprodon was docked in Norway for a refit, the news that a vital spare part could take four months to obtain took the owners instead to Marine Shaft in Denmark.
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Hybrid powered feed barge ‘fantastic’
Scottish Sea Farms is piloting a bespoke hybrid power system on board one of its feed barges, reducing fuel consumption, carbon emissions and operating costs.
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Webinar provides Mexican market gateway
A series of well-attended webinar conferences broadcast during the first Covid lockdown has resulted in Thordon Bearings securing a contract from a Mexican fishing vessel operator.
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PrimeServ upgrade slashes emissions
MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ, has completed the installation of a SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) system to a fishing vessel operated by Norwegian company Ivan Ulsund Rederi, slashing CO2 and NOx emissions.
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Propulsion renewal gives greener fishing
Nordnesgruppen has begun rebuilding ‘Nordbas’, which aims to become the market''s greenest trawler and seiner vessel, at Nye Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway.
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Caterpillar unveils new marine engine
Caterpillar Marine has launched a new marine engine with a rated engine speed of 2300 rpm.
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Baudouin engines for Scottish twin-rigger
UK and Ireland distributor for Moteurs Baudouin, the Southampton-based Proteum, has won the contract to supply power systems to the largest steel fishing boat to be built by C. Toms & Sons.
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Albacora seiner features Schottel SCP
Albacora Group, operators of the largest tuna fishing fleet in the European Union, recently commissioned a new purse seiner to be built at Vigo-based shipyard Astilleros Armón, which will feature Schottel controllable pitch propeller.
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Future-focused tech keep production at home
At a time when increasingly more Norwegian industrial companies are moving production to low-cost countries, Finnøy Gear & Propeller is choosing to focus on robotisation and automation in order to keep its propulsion systems production in the country and reduce costs.
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Wärtsilä upgrades Norwegian fishing vessel
Technology group Wärtsilä is to supply a 12-year old fishing vessel with a Wärtsilä 32 engine, a NOx reducer selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system, and a shaft generator.
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Downtime costs money
James O’Mahony’s background is in agriculture, and a quick repair gadget he invented initially for farming machinery is what brought him make an acquaintance with the fishing industry.
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Mermaid brings new engine range to UK market
Mermaid Marine are bringing something new to the UK market with a range of diesel engines manufactured in China by Yuchai Diesel.
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Perfect Pairing for Bristol Bay
One of the largest heavy-gauge aluminium boatbuilders in the United States, North River Boats is now offering a prop-powered fishing vessel designed specifically to meet the needs of Bristol Bay’s seasonal fishery.
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Electric propulsion gets relevant for fishing
While many types of ships has been using diesel-electric propulsion for many years now, few fishing vessels have so far gone in this direction.
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Sulphur limits on track at IMO
The IMO has made substantial progress towards the its final preparations for the new global sulphur regulation which enters into force on 1st January 2020.
