Thordon Bearings and Heddle Shipyards have successfully completed a retrofit project to replace the shaft seals and bearings aboard the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) vessels CCGS Caribou Isle and CCGS Ile St. Ours. The vessels represent not only the first reference for Thordon’s award-winning TG100 SRTP shaft seal onboard a Canadian Coast Guard vessel, but… Read More
Rolls-Royce has delivered the first two 16-cylinder versions of its MTU Series 8000 engines. The 16V 8000 M71L engines will be in new patrol vessels for the Taiwan Coast Guard. They are under construction by Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corporation. The two engines each deliver 7,280 kW of power and will give the 1,000-ton class vessels… Read More
The Alfa Laval Test & Training Center in Aalborg, Denmark, is constructing an innovative fuel cell system that will be used to test high-temperature proton exchange membrane technology developed by methanol fuel cell specialist Blue World Technologies. The test installation will explore the potential of methanol fuel cell technology as a source of marine auxiliary… Read More
The Suez Canal Authority is talking about plans to widen the southern section of the canal, only days after the giant Panama-flagged container vessel, Ever Given, went aground and became wedged across the international maritime passageway, causing a weeklong blockage. CAIRO — A giant dredger has made it to the Great Bitter Lakes, near the Suez… Read More
