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Kongsberg Maritime secures contract to supply propeller systems to Damen Naval for four Anti-Submarine Warfare frigates
Kongsberg Maritime will supply four shipsets of its controllable pitch propeller systems and associated equipment, including shaftlines. It is the second collaboration between Damen Naval and Kongsberg Maritime in the past 18 months. Kongsberg …
Apr 19, 2024 / Naval
SCHOTTEL RudderPropeller for six new ASD tugs from Med Marine
SCHOTTEL is to equip six new ASD tugs of the Turkish Med Marine Group with the SCHOTTEL RudderPropeller (SRP). The new vessels will be built by Med Marine’s Ereğli Shipyard and will be available in 2025 to meet the constantly growing demand for Med …
Mar 11, 2024 / Curious
SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers for five new WSA vessels
SCHOTTEL is to equip five new traffic safety vessels for the German Rhine Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSA) with electrically driven SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers. The Bolle shipyard in Derben, Germany, has been commissioned with the …
Feb 8, 2024 / Curious
Eastern Pacific Shipping applying propeller coatings across fleet to reduce emissions and improve CII
Shipping company is working with Graphite Innovation & Technologies to apply sustainable coating on 15 vessels in 2023-2024 Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) continues to drive decarbonization by implementing Graphite Innovation & Technologies …
Jul 6, 2023 / Curious
Stolt Tankers becomes the first chemical tanker company to apply Graphite Innovations & Technology’s graphene-based propeller coatings to its fleet
Stolt Tankers, a leading chemical tanker company, has entered into a two-year partnership with Graphite Innovations & Technology (GIT) to apply GIT's XGIT-PROP graphene-based marine coating to the propellers of 25 Stolt Tankers ships in 2023. …
Apr 7, 2023 / Curious
Oscar Propulsion Develops Novel Technology To Reduce Underwater Radiated Noise From The Ship’s Propeller (Video)
A propeller technology capable of substantially reducing the underwater radiated noise (URN) generated by ships’ propellers has been developed by Oscar Propulsion Limited and the University of Strathclyde. The patented PressurePores™ system reduces …
Jan 5, 2023 / Curious
Berg Propulsion Propeller Blade Upgarde Yields Significant Cut In Fuel Consumption For Stena Danica
Substantial fuel efficiency gained and cavitation neutralized in propeller blade upgrade whose use of existing hub suggests broad appeal. Precision engineering from Berg Propulsion has secured a substantial reduction in fuel consumption for a …
Oct 12, 2022 / Vessels
Thordon Bearings: Water Lubricated Propeller Shaft Bearings Found to Reduce Fuel Consumption
Peer-reviewed research by Thordon Bearings into the hydrodynamic lubrication efficiency of a ship’s propeller shaft bearing has found that the use of seawater-lubricated elastomeric polymer bearings reduces fuel consumption. The environmental and …
Sep 12, 2022 / Curious
Hapag-Lloyd launches Fleet Upgrade Program
With the loading of the first retrofit propeller in the Port of Hamburg, Hapag-Lloyd is launching its comprehensive Fleet Upgrade Program. The goal is to technically modernise the existing fleet. The propeller, which has been optimised for energy …
Aug 29, 2022 / Curious
NYK Enters Collaboration to Reduce GHG Emissions from Existing Ships by Combining Energy-Saving Devices
On July 7, NYK signed a business alliance agreement with Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd. (Nakashima Propeller) and Fluid Techno Co., Ltd. (Fluid Techno) to (1) verify the effects of energy-saving devices that enhance vessel fuel efficiency by improving …
Jul 8, 2022 / Vessels