MAN Engines To Power New US Navy Tanker Series

The US Navy has chosen the Fairbanks Morse MAN 12V48/60CR engine as main propulsion for a new series of 17 ships as it begins plans to phase out its existing tanker fleet. Known colloquially as ‘oilers’, the existing aging fleet of 15 tankers is used to t

Arctech begins construction of Sovcomflot icebreaker series

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has carried out the keel-laying ceremony for the first of a series of four multipurpose icebreakers being built for Sovcomflot, classed by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). ...

ABB to supply propulsion for China built LNG carrier series

ABB has been contracted for electrical propulsion systems to four LNG carriers under construction by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China. ...