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  World’s Largest Diesel Series: MAN’s Record-Breaking 12S90ME-C

  The MAN B&W 12S90ME-C Mark 9.2 type diesel engine set the world record in October of 2014 for the largest engine ever built

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  BCIT’s new training centerpiece, a MAN 7L48/60 Medium Speed Diesel engine

  BCIT has received a large medium speed Diesel engine; an inline 7 cylinder 48/60 series with common rail fuel injection, the second largest series of the MAN medium speed portfolio. It just does not get any shinier than this

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  MAN 48/60 ENGINES CLOCK UP 500TH SALE

  MAN Diesel Turbo has announced the 500th sale of its MAN 48/60 medium-speed engine. Based on the 48/60 workhorse, the 48/60 engine was introduced in 2003 in both L- and V- versions.

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  Eye catching - How to assemble marine diesel engine

  Most modern ships use a reciprocating diesel engine as their prime mover, due to their operating simplicity, robustness and fuel economy compared to most other prime mover mechanisms.

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  Celebration's Crankshaft Removal

  Carnival's MV Celebration had to have one of it's engines crankshaft replaced in the Grand Bahamas Shipyard, in Freeport.

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  Oh Sht Moment: Cargo Ship in Storm Loses Cargo in an Instant

  The only two words that come to mind while watching this video are “oh sht”.

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  Wärtsilä’s Secret Weapon Revealed [HD PHOTOS]

  At a press event in Trieste, Italy this week, Finnish marine engine manufacturer Wärtsilä pulled the curtain to reveal the RT-flex 50DF, the world’s first 2-stroke, low-pressure, dual fuel engine.

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  A Dirty Job in a Mighty Engine

  When Umiak's 30,000 horsepower engine is shut down for the night, the crew has to check that it's still in tip-top shape.

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  Watch the Sulzer 12RTA96C: a walk around world's most powerful engine, running at 70 rpm

  A video of a walk around the running Sulzer/Wärtsilä 12RTA96C main engine on board the Maersk Kimi, currently at 70 revolutions per minute

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  Watch Caterpillar Marine Engine Manufacturing Facility in Kiel, Germany

  A look at Caterpillar's world-class manufacturing of MaK marine engines in Kiel, Germany.

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  The ship of all ships: The largest cargo transport ship in the world

  Meet the cruise liner for ships Massive carrier craft can hold up to 22 barges - and even an oil rig - on its back

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  Watch: The Deepest Floating Oil Platform In The World

  Perdido is the deepest floating oil platform in the world at a water depth of about 2450 meters (8000 feet) operated by the Shell Oil Company in the Gulf of Mexico.

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  Tour of the Mega Container Ship Life at Sea

  Let me show you around the container ship I work on - OOCL Atlanta - It's Gross Tonnage: 89010 - Length Overall x Breadth: 323m × 43m - Year Built: 2005 by Samsung Shipyard.

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  Caterpillar’s LNG solutions in demand from cruise lines and commercial operators

  LNG-fuelled propulsion is increasingly a key focus for Caterpillar, with a range of innovative solutions available

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  ClassNK Calls for Upgraded Steel Plate Tolerance in Mega-Ship Construction

  (The Loadstar) – Japanese classification society ClassNK is claiming a “world-first” breakthrough finding in the required crack arrest toughness of steel plates used in the construction of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs).

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  No Pollution Detected from Grounded Rig in Scotland -Coastguard

  The drilling rig Transocean Winner remains hard aground off Scotland but authorities have detected no pollution in the area despite breaches to fuel tanks containing large quantities of diesel

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  InvaSave completes shipboard tests

  Damen Green Solutions has completed shipboard tests of its containerised InvaSave ballast water management system (BWMS)

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  Auto mode detection capability for enginei

  Diesel power specialist Royston has developed an advanced auto mode detection capability for its enginei fuel management system.

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  FPSO owners are under pressure to cut costs

  Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) operators are concentrating on extending the life of their vessels and improving reliability,

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  The Largest Vessel The World Has Ever Seen, Prelude FLNG: Watch Video

  She is 488 metres (1,601 ft) long, 74 metres (243 ft) wide, and made with more than 260,000 tonnes of steel. At full load, she will displace more than 600,000 tonnes

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  Wreck of TS Taipei Finally Removed

  The removal of TS Taipei, a TS Line containership which ran aground near Keelung, Taiwan in March, has been completed following five months of cleanup and ship removal operations.

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  Wärtsilä REvolution system takes sealing technology to a new level

  The Wärtsilä REvolution system collects performance data, for example temperature, wear of the seal interface and pressure.

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  An Acquisition With A Familiar Look

  Nidec’s planned purchase of Emerson’s motor and power generation unit echoes earlier buy from Emerson

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  MAN to supply engines for more Karadeniz Powerships

  Karpowership, part of Turkish energy group Karadeniz Holding, has placed an for a total of twelve MAN Diesel & Turbo 18V 51/60 engines, each with a capacity of 18.9 MW.

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  Osbit delivers well intervention gear to Helix

  The well intervention equipment designed and built by Osbit – seen here being loaded out – will be installed on Siem Helix 1 and 2 and on Q7000

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  NAO newbuild remains at yard until market picks up

  NAO Galaxy has been delivered but will remain at the yard that built her until the market improves and employment opportunities arise

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  52 MW of ABB Azipod Propulsion Power Destined for South Korea

  Ice class Azipod units ready for month long voyage from Helsinki to Asia.

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  Total Talusia Optima Receives Approval From Win GD

  Lubricants supplier Total Lubmarine has received a no objection letter from Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) for the use of its cylinder lubricant Talusia Optima with the whole range of Wärtsilä engines.

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  Libya Government To Reopen Ports

  (Reuters) Libya’s U.N.-backed government has signed a deal with an armed brigade controlling the major Ras Lanuf and Es Sider oil ports to end a blockade and restart exports from the terminals shut down since December 2014

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  New MTU gas engine proves its worth

  The 16-cylinder gas engine will cover a power range from 1,500kW to 2,000kW and will be based on MTU’s proven 16V 4000 M63 diesel engine for workboats. As of the end of 2017, the first series engines will be used to power a tug built by Damen Shipyards Group for towage and salvage company Svitzer.

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  First B33:45 goes to sea

  The first B33:45 engine to go to sea is this 9-cylinder version installed on the fishing vessel Holmøy

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  Wärtsilä to Cut 600 Jobs Within Ship Power Business

  Finnish power solutions provider Wärtsilä has announced the realignment of its ship power business that will result in the termination of 600 jobs.

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  SULZER DIESEL GENERATORS

  The 10m pound refurbishment project to replace two decommissioned 5MW Mirrlees generators at La Collette Power Station with two refurbished 11MW Sulzer diesel generators was a huge

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  ENGINES AND ENGINE COMPONENTS

  ENGINES AND ENGINE COMPONENTS

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  Record-Breaking Engine Enters Service

  Largest and most powerful MAN B&W-branded engine makes market début aboard large container vessel

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  World’s First Two-Stroke Low-Speed Triple Fuel ME-GIE Engine Completed at Mitsui’s Tamano Works

  The Mitsui-MAN B&W 7G50ME-C9.5-GIE at Mitsui’s Tamano Works

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  MAN B&W Engines to Drive Cypriot Power Plant

  The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has placed an order for a 50.4-MW, low-speed, diesel plant with BWSC, the Danish contracting arm of MAN Diesel’s Japanese licensee

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  Wärtsilä 50DF engine at the Wärtsilä-Hyundai Engine Company

  The 500th engine factory acceptance test (FAT) was completed for Wärtsilä 50DF engine at the Wärtsilä-Hyundai Engine Company

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  The Largest And Most Powerful Diesel Engine in The World

  Container ships are some of the largest and heaviest vessels that plough on the seas. They measure up to 1,200 feet in length

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  Wärtsilä acquires Eniram

  Jaakko Eskola, president and chief executive, Wärtsilä: “Through this acquisition Wärtsilä takes a solid lead in marine digitalisation"