Tag: Rolls-Royce

Nor Lines and Rolls-Royce have signed a “Power-by-the-Hour” service agreement for the two vessels Kvitbjørn and Kvitnos. The new service, introduced by Rolls-Royce Marine, harnesses the power of “Big Data” to monitor, plan and perform maintenance and repairs on all the equipment it has installed on the cargo vessels. The agreement is the first of its kind.

Rolls-Royce has been assigned by the Brazilian ship owning company CBO, to equip an existing offshore platform supply vessel with a new patented dual draglink subsea crane. This will be the first installation of a subsea crane designed to be able to use either fibre or steel wire rope.

Rolls-Royce announced that has been chosen by Norway-based "Kvaerner" to provide a mooring system for Norwegian Statoil’s oil platform, Njord A. Njord A is being upgraded by Kvaerner and Rolls-Royce has been chosen to provide an upgrade to its mooring system.

Rolls-Royce recently announced that it has signed a deal with Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven to supply its innovative automatic crossing system, for two new ferries being built for Norwegian ferry company FosenNamsos Sjø.

Rolls-Royce and Tampere University of Technology, in Finland, have announced a strategic partnership to develop and test the technology to support systems necessary for autonomous navigation, enabling the first generation of autonomous ships.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, announced that signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rolls-Royce, in order to collaborate on research and development to explore the impact of developments in autonomy for cargo ship navigation and cargo systems onboard container ships. This aims to lay the groundwork for the development of autonomous container ships.

Rolls-Royce has signed a deal with Stena Line regarding the development of intelligent awareness systems that will make vessels safer, easier and more efficient to operate by providing crew with an enhanced understanding of their vessel’s surroundings.

Rolls-Royce will establish its Marine R&D Centre for Remote Control & Autonomous Ships and Artificial Intelligence in Turku, Finland. The centre will be opened this year. This is the latest stage in company's research and development plans to make remote and autonomous shipping a reality and reap the benefits of increasing digitalisation in the marine industry.

Rolls-Royce has announced that it will provide an extensive range of equipment, including MTU marine generator sets, to a new fleet of U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter. The new Offshore Patrol Cutters will be built at ESG’s shipbuilding facility in Panama City, Florida. Construction will begin in 2018 with delivery of the first vessel scheduled for 2021

The Rolls-Royce 1000th azimuth thruster, with a power of 2525 kW, are due to be installed to a new Damen ASD2913 tug, meeting demands for high bollard pull and cost efficiency.