Readers of Baird Maritime know that marine engines and propulsion systems are regularly featured on these pages. This time, though, we devote another feature week to these highly important components of all forms of marine transport, from small general use workboats to some of the largest ships currently plying the world's oceans.
Engines • Gensets • Gearboxes • Outboards • FPP • CPP • Waterjets • Sterndrives • Hybrid/Electric • Thrusters • Renewables • Nuclear • Gas Turbines
In addition to covering vessels powered by conventional marine fuels such as diesel, we review newbuilds designed to operate on alternatives such as hydrogen, LNG, and batteries. One reviewed vessel even has an arrangement that can run on electrical power, LNG, or conventional fuel, providing its owners with greater operational flexibility in transporting large freight volumes.
Continue to visit Baird Maritime over the coming days for the latest developments on the ever-expanding marine engines and propulsion sector.
Vessel Reviews:
Features and Opinion:
– "This technology can replace traditional and expensive fuel flow meters, making fuel monitoring more accessible and affordable, especially for older vessels with mechanical engines that do not have access to reliable fuel reading technology."
News and Gear:
- Partnership to develop fully electric workboat
- New biofuel tanker to feature CO2 capture technology
- Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | June 2 – Middle East and Philippine surface combatants plus construction approval for future Italian submarine
- RINA, Eni to cooperate on maritime transport decarbonisation
- GEAR | Chinese shipyard orders methanol engines for car carrier newbuildings
- GEAR | Fuel injector manufacturer acquired by new owners
- GEAR | SCR retrofit completed on Ambassador Cruise Lines vessel
- GEAR | New electric propulsion installation to deliver enhanced positioning and manoeuvrability
- Passenger Vessel News Roundup | May 31 – Spanish and South Korean catamarans, an electric tour boat for China and a compact fast ferry for Norway
- GEAR | New medium-speed engines to feature methanol compatibility
- GEAR | New engine range to include ammonia-fuelled variant
- GEAR | New injector range promises compatibility with dual-fuel engines
- Wrong size bearing leads to engine failure, fire on supply vessel, NTSB report finds
- Wagenborg cargo ship completes Trans-Atlantic crossing using biofuels
- Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | May 30 – South Africam dredging tug, a Dutch renewables support catamaran and more
- Japanese-designed ship to transport surplus electricity in containerised batteries
- GEAR | Battery system selected for future German ferry
- GEAR | New diesel outboard to be marketed to commercial, military users
- NYK unveils ammonia-ready LNG-fuelled vessel concepts
- GEAR | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding delivers ammonia fuel supply system for large, low-speed marine engines
- Research and Training Vessel News Roundup | May 25 – US survey boat plus Danish and Chinese ocean exploration ships
- Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | May 24 – A US Navy fast medical transport, Swedish rescue hydrofoil boats and more
- Passenger Vessel News Roundup | May 18 – Russian river cruise ship, French Polynesian fast ferry and more
- Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | May 9 – Deliveries to Ireland, Cyprus and the Americas
- Marine Propulsion News Roundup | April 26 – US ferry battery retrofit, biofuel-powered engines and more
Recent Important Features:
– "When contemplating this fearsome future, perhaps a big four-masted barque is not such a daft idea after all."
– by Michael Grey, maritime industry legend and former long-term editor of Lloyd's List
Remember to come back every day to see the latest news, opinion and vessel reviews!
Call for content!
Any news or views about the global engines and propulsion systems sectors? Send it through to editor@bairdmaritime.com ASAP (between now and June 2), so we can add it to this current edition of MEPS Week!
- Vessels – Orders, new deliveries, under construction
- Gear – Latest innovations and technology in the engines and propulsion systems sector
- Reminiscences – Do you have any exciting, amusing or downright dangerous anecdotes from your time in the maritime world? (example here)
- Other – Any other relevant news
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