STX Offshore & Shipbuilding recently signed a contract to build four 113,000-dwt Long Range 2 (LR2) product tankers for Teekay Tankers Ltd. (Teekay Tankers), with an option for up to an additional 12 vessels. Each newbuilding will be powered by an MAN B&W G60ME-C engine and will satisfy IMO environmental standards as well as the [...]
On March 31, the 2013 Marine Engine Marketing Work Conference of Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd. was held in Guangzhou. With the theme of “Lean operation, consolidating foundation, standardizing market and steady growth”, the conference set a sales target of 30,000 marine engines in 2013. General Manager Wu Qiwei and Deputy General Manager Wang Limin of [...]
On Mar. 20th, 2013, a delegation of the Qingdao Enterprise Institute, led by the chairman of the Entrepreneurs association Mr. Wu Jingjian, together with some executive directors visited Qingdao Qiyao Wartsila MHI Linshan Marine Diesel Co., Ltd (QMD). QMD’s CFO, Mr. Lin Jianting guided the tour to the workshops of QMD and presented the production [...]
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and the leading marine engine manufacturer, today announced that it completed a type approval test of two ultra long stroke marine engines under license with MAN Diesel & Turbo. The type approval test of the G (Green)-type marine engines, 7G80ME-C9.2 at 37,900 and 6G80ME-C9.2 at [...]
Wartsila, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been selected to supply the main engines and auxiliary generating sets for a new Scottish owned ferry. The RoPax vessel, meaning that it is designed for transporting both wheeled cargo and passengers, was ordered by Lloyds Banking Group and leased by Caledonian Maritime Assets, Ltd [...]
Wartsila, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed new licence agreements with seven of its long-term Chinese partners. CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) has been a Wärtsilä licensee since 1978, and four of its engine companies have signed new agreements giving them licence to manufacture, sell, and service Wärtsilä low-speed engines for [...]
Wärtsilä and Yuchai Marine Power Co. Ltd. (YCMP), a subsidiary of Guangxi Yuchai Group, have signed an agreement in Zhuhai, China to establish a 50/50 joint venture for manufacturing medium-speed marine engines in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. The joint venture will serve the increasingly dominant Chinese shipbuilding industry, with the focus being on the assembly [...]
American Commercial Lines (ACL) has selected Cat® C280 marine engines for repowering six of their towboats. All six vessels are scheduled to be repowered in 2012. Bill Foster, ACL vice president Boat Maintenance, commented, “We are making significant investments in our fleet to improve reliability and performance. We selected the Cat C280′s to help us [...]
INMEX China 2012 has recently opened in Guangzhou, attracting over 800 enterprises from over 20 countries and regions as Asia’s largest marine exhibition this year. Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd. (YM) showed up with a strong lineup of four marine engines–YC6A, YC6MK, YC6T and YC6C, drawing wide attention from home and abroad. Tang Zuoxing, general manager [...]
Castrol Marine announced new recommendations to ship-owners from MAN Diesel & Turbo, the world’s largest supplier of two stroke marine engines, supporting Castrol’s longstanding advice that misapplication of mid-range Base Number (BN) cylinder oils can cause corrosion. The engine manufacturer recently issued service letters that recommend “cylinder lube oil with 70BN or higher” for latest [...]
