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Rolls-Royce and SIT partner up on innovative technologies

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Under an agreement announced during Singapore Maritime Week, Rolls-Royce and the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) have entered into a collaboration to develop innovative technologies to enhance equipment health management and fleet management for harbor craft, autonomous ships and ships with hybrid propulsion systems. The aim is to improve ships with hybrid and electric propulsion systems and entire fleets in terms of availability, fuel consumption and emissions by further developing the...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/rolls-royce-and-sit-partner-up-on-innovative-technologies/

Market report: EU braces for tariffs, Starmer’s Washington challenge and Rolls Royce revs up

Susannah Streeter
  • Caution the name of the game as Trump threatens Europe with tariffs.
  • FTSE 100 opens lower amid investor wariness.
  • The bears prowl the crypto market amid risk-off sentiment.
  • Crude prices hover at multi-month lows, as supply issues ease amid Ukraine deal hopes.
  • Rolls Royce fires on all cylinders with shares lifting 7%.
  • Aviva shows va va voom, with annual earnings beating expectations.
  • Nvidia releases robust results but still manages to disappoint investors.
  • Salesforce sluggish...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/27/market-report-eu-braces-for-tariffs-starmers-washington-challenge-and-rolls-royce-revs-up/

Rolls-Royce powers world’s fastest offshore crew transfer vessels

crew transfer vessel

As we reported earlier, Singapore Shipbuilder Strategic Marine recently delivered the first of three 35-meter crew transfer vessels that will be used by a national oil company in Africa for personnel transfer to offshore platforms and FPSO vessels.

Strategic Marine delivers 50-knot SES crew transfer vessel

Sea trials demonstrate maximum speed exceeding 53 knots under operational load. The vessels are based on an SES (surface effect ship) design and each is powered by four 16-cylinder MTU Series...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/rolls-royce-powers-worlds-fastest-offshore-crew-transfer-vessels/

Rolls-Royce MTU large engines now approved for HVO and IMO III

Rolls-Royce reports that its MTU Series 1163 and 8000 large engines in all cylinder variants – 16 and 20V in each case – in the power range between 4,800 and 10,000 kW are now available with SCR systems for compliance IMO III emission requirements. This enables ship operators to enter Emission Control Areas (ECA), for example in the Baltic and North Sea and off the North American coast. In addition, Rolls-Royce has now approved these MTU engines for operation with sustainable fuels (DIN EN15940,...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/rolls-royce-mtu-large-engines-now-approved-for-hvo-and-imo-iii/

Poland’s new Miecznik frigates feature MTU propulsion and power systems

Construction of the first of Poland’s three new Miecznik frigates is now underway at the state-owned PGZ shipyard in Gdynia. In parallel, the vessel’s MTU propulsion engines and four marine gensets are currently being built at Rolls-Royce Power Systems in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Babcock signs key Polish frigate project contracts

The Miecznik frigates are based on Babcock’s Arrowhead 140 platform, on which the U.K.’s Type 31 frigate program is based. The first ship is scheduled to be launched...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/engines-fuel/polands-new-miecznik-frigates-feature-mtu-propulsion-and-power-systems/

New MTU remanufacturing and overhaul center opens in South Carolina

New MTU remanufacturing and overhaul center

Representing what Rolls-Royce Power Systems says is “a low double-digit million dollar investment,” the company has opened a new remanufacturing and overhaul center at its MTU Aiken site in South Carolina.

The new 69,000 square foot (6,400 square meter) facility is connected to the existing manufacturing operations at MTU Aiken. It brings formerly outsourced workshop and warehouse operations in-house and expands them to provide remanufacturing and overhaul of MTU Series 2000 and Series 4000...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/new-mtu-remanufacturing-and-overhaul-center-opens-in-south-carolina/

Rolls-Royce Powered Next-gen Ferries To Redefine Marine Transportation

Credits: Incat Crowther

Zero-emission ferries could be seen as the equivalent of green public transport buses for regions where maritime transportation predominates. Switching to battery-electric alternatives can be harder for regional mobility, where range and speed are top requirements, but hybrid-propulsion vehicles provide a solution in the meantime, reports Autoevolution.

Zero-emission ferries

Two big names are backing Liberty Lines’ renewal process. One of them is Incat Crowther, a maritime...

https://mfame.guru/rolls-royce-powered-next-gen-ferries-to-redefine-marine-transportation/

Spanish Politician Criticises Cristiano Ronaldo And Georgina Rodriguez For Rolls Royce

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“These types of attitudes seem like hard pornography” – Spanish politician blasts Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez for Rolls Royce, says a Sportskeeda news source.

Spanish politician Miguel Angel Revilla 

Spanish politician Miguel Angel Revilla has slammed Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez. The criticism comes after Rodriguez recently gifted Ronaldo a Rolls Royce for Christmas.

The Portuguese football icon was seen in Madrid driving around in his Rolls...

https://mfame.guru/spanish-politician-criticises-cristiano-ronaldo-and-georgina-rodriguez-for-rolls-royce/

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