Welcome to Marine Engines & Propulsion Systems (MEPS) Week

This week on BairdMaritime.com all sections of the site are devoted to marine engines and propulsion systems, from outboard motors to the engines driving the biggest ships in the world.

Join us as we visit all four corners of the globe to bring you the latest news, vessel reviews, features and opinion pieces covering the latest developments in vessel propulsion.

Engines • Gensets • Gearboxes • Outboards • FPP • CPP • Waterjets • Sterndrives • Hybrid/Electric • Thrusters • Renewables • Nuclear • Gas Turbines

Remember to come back every day to see the latest news, opinion and vessel reviews!

Introductions:

Exciting times for the marine engines and propulsion systems sector 

– New and refined technology results in more options, and greater efficiency, reliability and environmental friendliness.

– by Neil Baird, co-Founder, Baird Maritime

Ship propulsion in the next five years

– Tighter regulation drives innovation in this important sector

– by Arthur Joseph Pessa

Vessel Reviews:

• HST Harri – New high-capacity windfarm crewboat for the North Sea
• Aremiti 6 – Flexible ferry design for French Polynesia
• More to come…

Features and Opinion:

Interferry innovation conference highlights zero-emissions quest

– Drive towards zero-emission ferries captures major attention

Hasten slowly with electric ferries

– Hasten slowly with electric ferries

– by Neil Baird, co-Founder, Baird Maritime

News and Gear:

• Cummins to power upcoming Turkey/Norway diesel-electric-battery ferry
• Schottel propulsion for new service operation vessel
• MAN engines to power French naval logistic vessels
• Maritime zero emissions solution one step closer
• Schottel to power new Rhine salvage vessel

Remember to come back every day to see the latest news, opinion and vessel reviews!

Call for content!

Any news or views about the global engines and propulsion systems sectors? Send it through to [email protected] ASAP (between now and November 8), so we can add it to this current edition of MEPS Week!

We are after:

• Vessels – Orders, new deliveries, under construction
• Gear – Latest innovations and technology in the engines and propulsion systems sector
• Reminiscences – Do you have any exciting, amusing or downright dangerous anecdotes from your time in the maritime world? (example here)
• Other – Any other relevant news

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