Power & Propulsion – Page 3

  • Spelve farm manager, Alan Tangny Photo: Scottish Sea Farms
    News

    Hybrid powered feed barge ‘fantastic’

    2021-02-15T10:33:00Z

    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.

  • Webinar provides Mexican market gateway
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    Webinar provides Mexican market gateway

    2020-10-20T14:57:00Z

    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.

  • PrimeServ upgrade slashes emissions
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    PrimeServ upgrade slashes emissions

    2020-10-20T07:30:00Z

    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.

  • The ‘Nordbas’ aims to be the greenest trawler and seiner vessel Photo: Finnøy Gear & Propeller
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    Propulsion renewal gives greener fishing

    2020-10-01T14:52:00Z

    Nordnesgruppen has begun rebuilding ‘Nordbas’, which aims to become the market''s greenest trawler and seiner vessel, at Nye Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway.

  • The new Cat C32B engine Photo: Caterpillar Marine
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    Caterpillar unveils new marine engine

    2020-09-03T09:00:00Z

    Caterpillar Marine has launched a new marine engine with a rated engine speed of 2300 rpm.

  • Baudouin engines for Scottish twin-rigger
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    Baudouin engines for Scottish twin-rigger

    2020-07-22T12:27:00Z

    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.

  • Albacora seiner features Schottel SCP
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    Albacora seiner features Schottel SCP

    2020-06-10T12:50:00Z

    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.

  • Finnøy production
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    Future-focused tech keep production at home

    2020-01-07T11:04:00Z

    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.

  • Wärtsilä is supplying a new engine, NOX reducer and shaft generator for the 'Brenholm' Photo: Gunnar Larsen
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    Wärtsilä upgrades Norwegian fishing vessel

    2019-11-25T10:14:00Z

    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.

  • Downtime costs money
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    Downtime costs money

    2019-11-19T16:08:00Z

    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.

  • Mermaid brings new engine range to UK market
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    Mermaid brings new engine range to UK market

    2019-08-27T11:06:00Z

    Mermaid Marine are bringing something new to the UK market with a range of diesel engines manufactured in China by Yuchai Diesel.

  • Perfect Pairing for Bristol Bay
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    Perfect Pairing for Bristol Bay

    2019-08-27T07:30:00Z

    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.

  • Electric propulsion gets relevant for fishing
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    Electric propulsion gets relevant for fishing

    2019-03-03T07:00:00Z

    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.

  • Sulphur limits on track at IMO
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    Sulphur limits on track at IMO

    2019-02-26T09:42:00Z

    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.

  • Cetus AS opts for ABC powerplant
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    Cetus AS opts for ABC powerplant

    2019-02-25T10:00:00Z

    Less than two years after last ordering a new fishing vessel from Fitjar Mek Verksted, Cetus AS went back to both Salt Ship Design and the same yard for the new pelagic vessel Vikingbank.

  • US pelagic trawler gets TMC compressors
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    US pelagic trawler gets TMC compressors

    2019-02-06T07:00:00Z

    Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors has awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) a contract to deliver a complete marine compressed air system to a 100 metre pelagic trawler the yard is building for the Seattle-based Arctic Storm Management Group.

  • Corvus Energy energy storage for Geir
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    Corvus Energy to provide energy storage system for longliner Geir

    2018-12-05T10:57:00Z

    Corvus Energy’s Corvus Orca energy storage system (ESS) has been selected for installation on an innovative longline vessel now under construction at Vaagland Båtbyggeri for Norwegian longline operator HP Holmeset.

  • W14 engine
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    New eco-friendly Wärtsilä engine

    2018-12-04T12:55:00Z

    Wärtsilä and Liebherr have collaborated on the development of a new engine designed to fit requirements for limited space and weight, lower CAPEX and comply with current and future global emissions restrictions.

  • Gardar engine refit promises savings
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    Gardar engine refit promises NOx and fuel savings

    2018-11-26T14:46:00Z

    Wärtsilä is due to deliver the first of its new generation Wärtsilä 31 engines to a Norwegian customer, and this is the installation of such an engine to replace an older unit.

  • Perkins My Engine App gets upgrade after 100k downloads
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    Perkins My Engine App gets upgrade after 100k downloads

    2018-11-14T07:00:00Z

    The Perkins My Engine app has been downloaded by users more than 100,000 times since its launch in 2017, and this milestone has marked with a major upgrade to the My Engine user interface.