Tag: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply water jets for three wind farm support vessels to be built by South Boats IOW for the offshore wind transfer vessel operator Seacat Services. In one of the biggest orders made for wind farm workboats, one 24-metre and two 26-metre aluminium catamarans, each featuring two Rolls-Royce 56A3 stainless steel water jets, will be used to transfer people and cargo to the growing number of offshore wind farms around the coast of Europe. Andy Brett, Rolls-Royce Marine Sales Manager - UK, said: "We are delighted that Rolls-Royce has been selected to provide water jet technology for the next generation of European workboats being delivered by South Boats IOW. They are one of the leading builders of wind farm support vessels and we look forward to continuing our relationship with them in this expanding market. "Rolls-Royce water jet technology offers a combination of speed, efficiency and excellent manoeuvrability for these vessels, which will regularly operate in challenging sea conditions with strong winds and currents. These are essential factors when safely transferring people and equipment onto the turbine structures." South Boats IOW, based on the Isle of Wight, is the market leader for the design and ...

SEEF Ltd   is the first company in Qatar to achieve ISO 50001 certification for energy management system. Hussain Mohd. Al Ishaq, Chairman, and Ahmed Al Hitmi, General Manager of SEEF Ltd, formally accepted  four prestigious management system certificates (IMS Project certification - ISO 9001:2008, Quality Management System, ISO 14001:2004, Environmental Management System, OHSAS 18001, Occupational Health and Safety Management System and ISO 50001:2011) from the Bureau Veritas at a ceremony held at the Al Gassar Resort. The function was also attended by senior officials from Qatar Petroleum as well as Bureau Veritas representatives. Independent third-party certification of SEEF management systems has helped the company in continuously improving its business performance, in effectively managing business risks and in aligning its operations with international benchmarks. This was followed by the speech of Bureau Veritas Company who showed their appreciation to the management of SEEF for its commitment towards the implementation of the IMS requirements and their everlasting support to the IMS Project team. In line with Qatar National Vision 2030, SEEF is fully committed in protecting and conserving the natural environment, in ensuring the safety of its assets and employees, as well as in providing high-quality products and services to its ...

Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply water jets for three wind farm support vessels to be built by South Boats IOW for the offshore wind transfer vessel operator Seacat Services

Priorities must be set to smoothen the introduction of low sulphur norms in Northern Europe: establishing a fair level playing field is one of them. With the 1 January 2015 deadline elapsing in Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECA) in less than ten months from now, there is no time to lose. This was the core message ECSA Secretary General Patrick Verhoeven gave earlier this week in his keynote speech at the Clean Shipping Conference. The conference is part of Baltic Transport Week, a leading logistics event held annually in the Baltic port city of Gdansk. "With the SECA implementation date approaching fast, there is a lot of talk about monitoring and enforcing compliance", said Patrick Verhoeven, "I would make a plea for a playing field that is level but fair. It means first of all that the early adopters, those operators that completed all the investments and are ready to meet the sulphur norms in time, are not penalised. But it equally means that those that can demonstrate that they made the necessary commitments to meet the norms, but may not be entirely ready by the time the deadline elapses for technical or other good reasons, are given a compliance ...

As the first engines in its power class the MTU Series 4000 was recently awarded Naval Vessel Rules (NVR) certification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The new ABS NVR certification, a requirement for the U.S. Coast Guard's Fast Response Cutter (FRC) program, was awarded after 1,500 hours of testing of the 20V 4000 that included extensive run times at 110% of the engine's rated power in a variety of extreme environmental conditions. Extensive validation testing was also completed in commercial marine and military applications, further demonstrating the versatility and durability of the Series 4000. The latest certification joins the Series 8000 in the engine portfolio of the Rolls-Royce Power Systems company MTU with ABS NVR certification. "The NVR certification of the Series 4000 engine is another milestone in our long and distinguished history of providing power and propulsion systems to navies around the world," said Knut Mueller, Vice President Governmental Sales at MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH. More than 50 years of experience and expertise makes MTU an unparalleled partner for marine defense. The company's Series 4000 diesel engines offer unrivalled power density in terms of volume-to power and power-to-weight ratio. Engineered for a low operating noise level and designed ...

Rolls-Royce today shared details of its next generation of engine designs, which could be ready within ten years. The company's Trent family of engines, the latest of which, the Trent XWB, is an extremely efficient engine. Trent engines will continue in service for decades to come with 2,500 in service and more than 2,500 on order. Rolls-Royce is continually evolving and, as part of that ongoing process, is looking to build on the success of the Trent family of engines with two new generation engine designs. The first design, Advance, will offer at least 20 per cent better fuel burn and CO2 emissions than the first generation of Trent engine and could be ready from the end of this decade. The second, UltraFan, a geared design with a variable pitch fan system, is based on technology that could be ready for service from 2025 and will offer at least 25 per cent improvement in fuel burn and emissions against the same baseline. Colin Smith, Rolls-Royce Director - Engineering and Technology, said: "These new designs are the result of implementing our ongoing technology programmes. They are designed to deliver what our airframe and airline customers tell us they need: even better ...

Rolls-Royce today shared details of its next generation of engine designs, which could be ready within ten years

As the first engines in its power class the MTU Series 4000 was recently awarded Naval Vessel Rules (NVR) certification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

DNV GL uniting Garrad Hassan, KEMA, DNV, GL Certification released WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer. WaveFarmer and TidalFarmer allow users to model marine energy projects, giving crucial insight into return on investment and annual energy yield. These tools help reduce project uncertainty and risk factors (a major barrier to the growth of the marine energy industry) and potentially encourage investment in marine energy and promote industry growth. Software has been under development for over seven years, undergoing thorough Beta testing under £8m PerAWaT project. A major barrier to the growth of the marine energy industry is the risk associated with projects and the accompanying uncertainty of return on investment. Engineers face a large number of unknowns at the start of a marine energy project, which is an impediment to the rapid expansion of the industry. The tools, which were launched at the RenewableUK Wave and Tidal Conference in Belfast, allow users to accurately model wave and tidal energy converters operating in farms of multiple devices and are a vital addition to DNV GL's extensive software portfolio. Paving the way for a full-scale commercial marine energy farm, which would have the potential to harness in the region of 10,000-100,000 TWh of energy per year ...

Tranpost Canada issued a press release to announce that new funding by the Government aims to increase the number of flights to monitor and detect pollution from ships in Canada's waters. The Government of Canada is now approximately doubling funding for the program, to $47.6M over the next five years. This funding allows for significantly more flight hours to detect pollution. The National Aerial Surveillance Program (NASP) is one of the main pillars of the Government of Canada's Pollution Prevention Program and is the government's primary tool for detecting ship-source pollution Three aircraft strategically placed across the country are staffed with highly trained professionals from both Transport Canada and Environment Canada. These aircraft monitor shipping activities while acting as a deterrent to potential polluters. The team uses sophisticated state-of-the-art remote sensing equipment to observe, analyze, record and report marine pollution and other sea-based activities. The sensors on the aircraft were specifically designed to detect oil and have proven to be very effective as spills as small as a litre of oil can be found on the ocean surface. In the Arctic, enforcement occurs through aerial surveillance, reports from government ships, and reporting through the long-range identification and tracking system, which ...