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
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.
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.
Carnival's MV Celebration had to have one of it's engines crankshaft replaced in the Grand Bahamas Shipyard, in Freeport.
The only two words that come to mind while watching this video are “oh sht”.
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.
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.
A video of a walk around the running Sulzer/Wärtsilä 12RTA96C main engine on board the Maersk Kimi, currently at 70 revolutions per minute
A look at Caterpillar's world-class manufacturing of MaK marine engines in Kiel, Germany.
Meet the cruise liner for ships Massive carrier craft can hold up to 22 barges - and even an oil rig - on its back
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.
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.
LNG-fuelled propulsion is increasingly a key focus for Caterpillar, with a range of innovative solutions available
(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).
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
Damen Green Solutions has completed shipboard tests of its containerised InvaSave ballast water management system (BWMS)
Diesel power specialist Royston has developed an advanced auto mode detection capability for its enginei fuel management system.
Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) operators are concentrating on extending the life of their vessels and improving reliability,
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
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.
The Wärtsilä REvolution system collects performance data, for example temperature, wear of the seal interface and pressure.
Nidec’s planned purchase of Emerson’s motor and power generation unit echoes earlier buy from Emerson
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.
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
NAO Galaxy has been delivered but will remain at the yard that built her until the market improves and employment opportunities arise
Ice class Azipod units ready for month long voyage from Helsinki to Asia.
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.
(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
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.
The first B33:45 engine to go to sea is this 9-cylinder version installed on the fishing vessel Holmøy
Finnish power solutions provider Wärtsilä has announced the realignment of its ship power business that will result in the termination of 600 jobs.
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
ENGINES AND ENGINE COMPONENTS
Largest and most powerful MAN B&W-branded engine makes market début aboard large container vessel
The Mitsui-MAN B&W 7G50ME-C9.5-GIE at Mitsui’s Tamano Works
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
The 500th engine factory acceptance test (FAT) was completed for Wärtsilä 50DF engine at the Wärtsilä-Hyundai Engine Company
Container ships are some of the largest and heaviest vessels that plough on the seas. They measure up to 1,200 feet in length
Jaakko Eskola, president and chief executive, Wärtsilä: “Through this acquisition Wärtsilä takes a solid lead in marine digitalisation"
No, my dear readers. It’s not easy. Out at sea every day is something different. Something enjoyable and something strange. But each day is unique in its own sense. This is one such day. A day in the life of a fourth engineer on ship.
