Dr. K.R. Sridhar, a mechanical engineering graduate from Madras has an energy plan anyone could get behind - electricity in a box.

That's the promise of the "Bloom box," the fuel-cell-powered invention coming from the Silicon Valley start up, Bloom Energy.

"In five to ten years, we would like to be in every home," Sridhar told Leslie Stahl on "60 Minutes" Sunday night.

The market appears to be very enthusiastic about Noreq AS’s newly-developed davit products. The result is record sales. ‘Safer launching of lifeboats and savings on maintenance are the two biggest advantages of the new concept,’ says Styrk Bekkenes, Managing Director of Noreq AS.

Wartsila, the marine industry’s leading ship power system integrator, has been awarded a contract by DSD Shipping AS of Stavanger, Norway to retrofit the main engines on four DSD Shipping vessels with the Wärtsilä Retrofit Pulse Lubricating System.

3571 x RTA / RT-flex engines ordered / delivered
726 x RT-flex engines ordered / delivered
RT-flex common-rail engine – the leader for modern ships!

Wärtsilä to slash jobs, shift propeller production to China. Wärtsilä plans to slash 1,400 jobs from its global payroll this year--570 of them in the Netherlands. The company says it has "analyzed its manufacturing footprint." It plans to reduce its manufacturing capacity and to move the majority of its propeller production and auxiliary engine production to China.

PureBallast, Alfa Laval’s unique and chemical-free system for ballast water treatment, has already demonstrated its suitability for a wide range of vessel types. Now Alfa Laval has received the first order for PureBallast 2500, the largest version of the system, to be installed aboard the prestigious arctic drillship Stena DrillMAX ICE.

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An optimised propeller from MAN Diesel has helped the Scandlines passenger ferry, the M/V Sassnitz, achieve increased efficiency of 12% on its daily sail between Trelleborg, Sweden and Sassnitz, Germany.

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Scandlines.pdf	Retrofit propeller solution gives significant fuel savings. We started to look at propeller retrofit solutions as a direct consequence of high fuel prices.	420 Kb
Scandlines.pdf	Retrofit propeller solution gives significant fuel savings. We started to look at propeller retrofit solutions as a direct consequence of high fuel prices.	420 Kb

MAN Nutzfahrzeuge will transfer part of its business involving high-speed engines to the group’s sister company, MAN Diesel. With effect from 1 January 2010, these activities will be integrated into MAN Diesel to form a Business Unit High Speed. The new Business Unit will offer diesel and gas engines in a performance range from 70 to 1,400 kW used in yachts, smaller working ships, locomotives and in decentralised energy supplies, for instance as emergency gensets.

F/V Jette Kristine gained 23.5% more bollard pull

The propeller designers and PrimeServ staff at MAN Diesel Frederikshavn, Denmark could sit back satisfied on 12 October when a full-scale bollard-pull test on the Esbjerg-based fishing vessel ‘Jette Kristine’, showed an increase in bollard-pull performance of an impressive 23.5%.

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FT NavVision® is a powerful modular conning, monitoring & control system for maritime applications. It replaces all instrumentation, alarm panels and switchboards and allows control and monitoring of all data and equipment such as engines, generators, pumps, refrigeration and hydraulic systems. It is possible to use each module standalone or to combine it with other modules. A close eye was kept on the ease of control and the use of touch-screen technology.

Radio Holland Netherlands BV has been appointed by the Dutch Transport and Water Management Inspectorate (Inspectie Verkeer en Waterstaat), as Testing ASP for Dutch, Dutch Antilles and Aruban flag vessels, per November 1st 2008. The first successful LRIT (Long Range Tracking & Identification) test resulted in the issue of the first “Statement of Conformity/LRIT Test Conformance Report” for the Dutch vessel ms. 

To meet the growing demand for running large container vessels on varying loads,  MAN Diesel has developed a turbocharger cut-out system that improves main-engine performance during low-load operation.

MAN Diesel’s Turbocharger Cut-Out System lowers main-engine fuel-oil consumption and improves performance during low-load operation. The system includes two, pneumatically operated cut-out valves placed at the turbine inlet and compressor outlet.

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Turbocharger_Cut-out.pdf	Turbocharger cut-out system introduces significant fuel savings	198 Kb