Caterpillar Marine

Caterpillar Marine will expand electric and hybrid offerings

Leveraging expertise from across the Caterpillar, Inc. enterprise, Caterpillar Marine plans to expand its hybrid and electric offerings, selectively incorporating technology from machine and off-highway products

Cat Marine says this will expand its capabilities to deliver advanced power systems that will help minimize customers’ fuel usage, environmental impact and total cost of ownership while maximizing reliability and productivity.

The aim is not only to supply optimized hybrid and electric...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/engines-fuel/caterpillar-marine-will-expand-electric-and-hybrid-offerings/

Nichols-built aquaculture vessel will feature Cat battery hybrid propulsion

Caterpillar Marine reports that it has entered into an agreement with California-based Pacific6 Enterprises to pilot a parallel battery hybrid propulsion system for a first-of-its kind aquaculture farming vessel.

Designed by Kirk Mullen at Oceantech Ltd., a South Island, New Zealand-based naval architecture firm, the aquaculture vessel will be constructed at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland, Wash. Caterpillar Marine dealer N C Power Systems (Seattle, Wash.) will sell and oversee...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/nichols-built-aquaculture-vessel-will-feature-cat-battery-hybrid-propulsion/

Caterpillar introduces the Cat C32B marine engine

Caterpillar Marine announced the launch of the new Cat C32B high performance 2,000 hp (2,025 mhp) marine engine with a rated engine speed of 2,300 rpm.

This engine meets emerging market demands and expands the power capability of the C32 high performance product line, delivering a 5% power increase over existing C32 ratings, Caterpillar officials said.

Customers familiar with the current C32 engine can expect a similar look with the new model, as well as most of the same connection points and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/people-and-products/caterpillar-marine-introduces-the-cat-c32b-marine-engine/

Cat and Sanmar to present latest hybrid concept at Tugnology ‘19

The first tug to be fitted with Caterpillar's Advanced Variable Drive, a hybrid system, is one of Sanmar’s successful Boğaçay Series. It will be the 38th of this class to enter service, a class designed exclusively by RAL for Sanmar. Photo courtesy of Sanmar

Turkey’s leading tug builder and internationally respected innovator Sanmar Shipyards has been selected by Caterpillar Marine to build the first tug to incorporate its hydraulic hybrid propulsion system.

Construction is currently under way with delivery scheduled for October this year. The two companies will join together to present their collaborative efforts to tugboat professionals at the Tugnology ’19 Conference and Exhibition to be held in Liverpool, England, May 14-15.

Tugs represent some...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/cat-and-sanmar-to-present-latest-hybrid-concept/

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