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The month’s best technical innovations

Schottel © Wärtsilä Corporation

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding

Schottel for eWolf FGSS for High-Pres Engine Wärtsilä thrusters for WTIV

Crowley’s new 25-m eWolf, the ? rst Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has taken its Wärtsilä will supply the seven thrust- all-electric tug to be built and operated ? rst order for LNG (Lique? ed Natural ers required for a new Wind Turbine in the U.S., will be equipped with Schot- Gas) fuel supply systems (FGSS) for Installation Vessel (WTIV) being built tel systems, including a pair of Rud- high-pressure dual-fuel marine engines, at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine derPropellers type SRP 430 featuring for installation on six LNG-fueled car yard in South Korea for Eneti Inc. The the LE-Drive (Embedded L-Drive) and carriers to be built by a group company scope includes six Wärtsilä WST-32 adata IoT Gateway and monitoring solu- of Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. thrusters (pictured) ? tted with a mod- tion. Designed by Crowley Engineering The core components of the newly or- ern electric steering system, and one

Services and to be built at Master Boat dered FGSS are LNG fuel tanks, LNG Wärtsilä WTT-36 thruster All seven

Builders shipyard in Coden, Alabama, fuel gas supply units and a control unit, comply with applicable environmental the innovative workboat is scheduled to and the package is designed with space- regulations with the use of Environmen- enter operations by mid-2023. saving in mind. tally Acceptable Lubricants (EAL).

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RIX Industries

HamiltonJet

MOL

MOL: A new World Record RIX Hydrogen-on-Demand HamiltonJet JETSense

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) said its RIX Industries offers on-vessel hy- HamiltonJet unveiled JETSense in

Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) was drogen-on-demand as the key to build- collaboration with Sea Machines’ Au- certi? ed as the “Best-selling Energy- ing momentum in decarbonization for tonomous Technology. JETSense is

Saving Ship Appendage Brand (Cumu- the maritime industry. Eliminating the a 3-in-1 system featuring navigation, lative)”, by Guinness World Records, complexities of high-pressure gas or multi-sensor fusion and computer vi- and received the of? cial certi? cate on cryogenic liquid hydrogen storage, hy- sion. It uses Arti? cial Intelligence (AI)

December 23, 2021. drogen-on-demand transforms metha- and advanced autonomy to perceive the

This award is based on the cumulative nol to feed fuel cells as needed in a domain and maintain precise control of 3,748 PBCFs sold (the sales record with self-contained, small footprint system. steering and speed during a voyage and 3,516 vessels including twin-screw ves- Hydrogen-on-demand is enabled by re-route to avoid traf? c and obstacles, sels equipped with PBCF) as of the end RIX’s M2H2 Series systems, integrating while enabling a new level of streaming of December 2020. technology licensed from Element 1. data to improve on-water operations.

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