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MAN Diesel Turbo has announced the 500th sale of its MAN 48/60 medium-speed engine. Based on the 48/60 workhorse, the 48/60 engine was introduced in 2003 in both L- and V- versions.

Most modern ships use a reciprocating diesel engine as their prime mover, due to their operating simplicity, robustness and fuel economy compared to most other prime mover mechanisms.

Carnival's MV Celebration had to have one of it's engines crankshaft replaced in the Grand Bahamas Shipyard, in Freeport.

The only two words that come to mind while watching this video are “oh sht”.

At a press event in Trieste, Italy this week, Finnish marine engine manufacturer Wärtsilä pulled the curtain to reveal the RT-flex 50DF, the world’s first 2-stroke, low-pressure, dual fuel engine.

When Umiak's 30,000 horsepower engine is shut down for the night, the crew has to check that it's still in tip-top shape.

A video of a walk around the running Sulzer/Wärtsilä 12RTA96C main engine on board the Maersk Kimi, currently at 70 revolutions per minute

A look at Caterpillar's world-class manufacturing of MaK marine engines in Kiel, Germany.

Meet the cruise liner for ships Massive carrier craft can hold up to 22 barges - and even an oil rig - on its back

Perdido is the deepest floating oil platform in the world at a water depth of about 2450 meters (8000 feet) operated by the Shell Oil Company in the Gulf of Mexico.

Let me show you around the container ship I work on - OOCL Atlanta - It's Gross Tonnage: 89010 - Length Overall x Breadth: 323m × 43m - Year Built: 2005 by Samsung Shipyard.

LNG-fuelled propulsion is increasingly a key focus for Caterpillar, with a range of innovative solutions available

(The Loadstar) – Japanese classification society ClassNK is claiming a “world-first” breakthrough finding in the required crack arrest toughness of steel plates used in the construction of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs).

The drilling rig Transocean Winner remains hard aground off Scotland but authorities have detected no pollution in the area despite breaches to fuel tanks containing large quantities of diesel

Damen Green Solutions has completed shipboard tests of its containerised InvaSave ballast water management system (BWMS)

Diesel power specialist Royston has developed an advanced auto mode detection capability for its enginei fuel management system.

Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) operators are concentrating on extending the life of their vessels and improving reliability,

She is 488 metres (1,601 ft) long, 74 metres (243 ft) wide, and made with more than 260,000 tonnes of steel. At full load, she will displace more than 600,000 tonnes

The removal of TS Taipei, a TS Line containership which ran aground near Keelung, Taiwan in March, has been completed following five months of cleanup and ship removal operations.

The Wärtsilä REvolution system collects performance data, for example temperature, wear of the seal interface and pressure.