Equipment & Technology

HHI Develops First Centrifugal Gas Compressor, South Korea

HHI Develops First Centrifugal Gas Compressor, South Korea

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine and machinery manufacturer, announced it has completed the shop performance test of its first centrifugal gas compressor on June 1. The centrifugal type compressor, more compact and less noisy than other types of compressors, is used in onshore and offshore gas plants [...]

Finland: Wartsila Launches New Version of 34DF Engine

Finland: Wartsila Launches New Version of 34DF Engine

Wärtsilä has further developed its dual fuel technology and introduced a more powerful version of its popular Wärtsilä 34DF engine. The Wärtsilä 34DF engine has proven to be a highly efficient and reliable solution for a wide range of vessel applications. The latest version is expected to expand that range even further. Lower fuel consumption [...]

Canada: Westport, GAZ Group to Design WP580 Natural Gas System

Canada: Westport, GAZ Group to Design WP580 Natural Gas System

Westport Innovations Inc. announced an agreement with GAZ Group, the leader of the Russian commercial vehicles market, to design and develop spark ignited natural gas systems for a new range of GAZ Group compressed natural gas (CNG) commercial vehicles. Westport’s new WP580 Engine Management System will be applied to GAZ’s YaMZ-530 4.4L and 6.6L diesel [...]

Caterpillar Develops New Marine Dual Fuel Engine (Germany)

Caterpillar Develops New Marine Dual Fuel Engine (Germany)

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems announced the development of the MaK™ M 34 DF, a new marine dual fuel engine platform for the commercial marine industry. The M 34 DF dual fuel engine boasts a power rating of 500 kW per cylinder at 720 and 750 rpm in diesel and gas modes, and will share the [...]

Light Structures, GTT to Develop Sloshing Monitoring Systems for LNG Vessels (Norway)

Light Structures, GTT to Develop Sloshing Monitoring Systems for LNG Vessels (Norway)

Light Structures, the leading producer of fiber-optic monitoring technology, has recently released its new Sloshing Monitoring system and announced on Wednesday that it has entered a marketing agreement with GTT, the French technology and engineering company who is the market leader of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) membrane containment systems. In the coming years, Light Structures [...]

Liquiline to Provide LNG Equipment for Project in Watson Lake, Canada

Liquiline to Provide LNG Equipment for Project in Watson Lake, Canada

Liquiline North America announced that it has been contracted to provide LNG vaporization and distribution equipment for a project being undertaken by Yukon Electrical, ATCO Gas and ATCO Energy Solutions in Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada. The project will convert one of the six diesel-fired electrical generators at Watson Lake to a bi-fuel system able to [...]

USA: Cummins Westport LNG Engine to Power Dillon Transport Fleet

USA: Cummins Westport LNG Engine to Power Dillon Transport Fleet

Dillon Transport will add 25 Kenworth T800 short hood day cabs powered by the new Cummins Westport ISX12 G heavy duty natural gas engine to its 450+ truck fleet. “We’re excited to expand our leadership in natural gas trucks by becoming among the first Kenworth customers to select the Cummins Westport ISX12 G engine. The [...]

Black & Veatch Completes Boil-Off Gas Reliquefaction Project at Cameron LNG, USA

Black & Veatch Completes Boil-Off Gas Reliquefaction Project at Cameron LNG, USA

Black & Veatch has completed and successfully commissioned the Boil-off Gas reliquefaction project at the site of Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG’s receipt terminal in Hackberry, La. The project uses Black & Veatch’s PRICO® technology to liquefy LNG storage tank boil-off gas. Black & Veatch provided services from project design and engineering through facility start-up. The [...]

Wartsila to Deliver Gas Engine Power Plant, Russia

Wartsila to Deliver Gas Engine Power Plant, Russia

Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of efficient and flexible power plant solutions, has been awarded the contract to supply a major power plant for Russia. The 110 MW unit will be by far the largest power plant running on Wärtsilä engines in Russia. It is also the first time that combustion engine technology has been [...]

Burckhardt Compression Receives Gas Compressor System Order for Two LNG Carriers, Switzerland

Burckhardt Compression Receives Gas Compressor System Order for Two LNG Carriers, Switzerland

Burckhardt Compression received the first order for the fuel gas compressor system Laby® -GI for two LNG carriers. This marks a major milestone for Burckhardt Compression in setting up a compressor business for energy-efficient, environmentally friendly propulsion systems for gas-operated marine diesel engines. The compressor system will inject boil-off gas into the ME-GI dual-fuel two-stroke [...]







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