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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