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How ships stop in an emergency, the physics of crash stops, propeller design, and why FPPs still dominate
When an obstacle appears without warning, a ship can't just slam the brakes — stopping a massive vessel involves reversing ...
Everllence has signed Long-Term Service Agreements (LTSAs) with German ferry operator, TT-Line, at the 2026 SMM maritime trade fair in Hamburg. The agreements cover two newbuilding RoPax vessels ...
Kongsberg Maritime has been hired by Consórcio Marenova to design and equip four methanol- and ethanol-ready handy-size product tankers for Petrobras Transporte (Transpetro).The vessels will be built ...
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has donated a controllable pitch propulsion system to the Engineering Department at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. A dedication ...
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Technology group Wärtsilä has designed and delivered controllable pitch propellers for Stena’s new Ro-Pax vessel, Ala’suinu, which has successfully completed sea trials. Following these sea trials, ...
Fairbanks Morse Defense’s Bird-Johnson Propeller Receives Propeller Order for 100th DDG-51 Destroyer
BELOIT, Wis., April 22, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bird-Johnson Propellers, a Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) company, today announced it received an order to supply propellers for the U.S. Navy's 100th DDG ...
Airplane propellers are mainly categorized into fixed-pitch, which have unchangeable blade angles and represent a performance compromise, and variable-pitch types. Variable-pitch propellers (including ...
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