Rolls-Royce Marine AS
Rolls-Royce Marine AS, a division of Rolls-Royce plc, specializes in providing products, services, and integrated solutions for the marine industry. The company offers a broad range of products and services for commercial and naval maritime operations, including power and propulsion systems, automation and control systems, deck machinery, and much more.
Here are some key points about Rolls-Royce Marine AS:
History and Development
- Foundation and Growth: Rolls-Royce Marine AS leverages the long history and engineering expertise of Rolls-Royce plc, which has roots dating back to the early 20th century. The marine division specifically has grown through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions.
- Acquisitions: Over the years, Rolls-Royce acquired several other maritime-related companies to expand its portfolio and capabilities in the marine industry.
Products and Services
- Power and Propulsion Systems: The company is known for its high-performance engines and propulsion systems, including diesel and gas engines, as well as electrical propulsion solutions.
- Automation and Control: Advanced automation and control systems for both commercial and military vessels are a key offering, enabling safer and more efficient marine operations.
- Deck Machinery: Rolls-Royce Marine AS provides a variety of deck machinery products such as winches and mooring systems.
- Integrated Solutions: The company offers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to specific customer needs, combining multiple products and services into a cohesive offering.
Key Markets and Clients
- Commercial Maritime: These solutions cater to commercial shipping operators, offshore vessels, and other commercial maritime concerns.
- Naval Defense: Rolls-Royce Marine AS also serves various naval forces, providing specialized equipment and systems for military ships and submarines.
- Offshore: The company supplies products and solutions for offshore oil and gas platforms as well as renewable energy installations like wind farms.
Innovation and Sustainability
- Research and Development: Significant investment in R&D keeps Rolls-Royce Marine AS at the forefront of maritime technology. This involves advancements in fuel efficiency, automation, and sustainable energy solutions.
- Sustainability: The company is increasingly focused on sustainability, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and improve the environmental impact of its products and services.
Industry Influence and Partnerships
- Partnerships: Rolls-Royce Marine AS often collaborates with other companies and institutions to advance technology and improve service offerings.
- Memberships and Associations: The company is typically active in various maritime and industry organizations, contributing to regulations, standards, and industry best practices.
Recent Developments
- MTU and Bergen Engines: Rolls-Royce Marine AS includes brands like MTU and Bergen Engines, known for their specialization in high-speed and medium-speed engines respectively.
- Digital Solutions: The company has been increasingly integrating digital solutions to enhance the efficiency and performance of marine operations.
While Rolls-Royce Marine AS remains a key player in the marine industry, it’s worth noting that Rolls-Royce plc has periodically restructured or divested parts of its business. For the most current information, it would be advisable to check the latest news or official announcements from the company.
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ROLLS-ROYCE MARINE AS News
Rolls-Royce and Triveni to Work Together on Marine Gas Turbines for Indian Market
Rolls-Royce Marine North America and Triveni Engineering and Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities to collaborate on programs for 4 MW marine gas turbine generators (GTG) for customers in India. This would include several key areas, including design, development, and manufacturing of the marine GTGs and comprehensive sales and support activities. "Rolls-Royce has a proven track record of powering some of the world’s most advanced naval platforms…
Rolls-Royce banks $11B Deal to power UK Nuclear Subs
Britain said on Friday it had awarded Rolls-Royce RR.L a $11 billion eight-year contract to design, make and support the nuclear reactors that power its fleet of submarines, amid U.S. calls for higher defence spending.The deal will strengthen the Royal Navy's continuous at-sea deterrent - under which at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine patrols the seas at all times - while also boosting the AUKUS defence pact with the United States and Australia…
Naval Power: Navies Increasingly Eye Alternative Fuels
Alternative fuels are not top of the list of naval requirements for gensets, but they are inching their way up.The naval world is largely exempt from the decarbonization pressure faced by commercial shipping, but it can’t ignore it entirely. As a famed naval strategist once said: “Fuel stands first in importance of the resources necessary to a fleet.”Navies must therefore consider their fuel supply…
Rolls-Royce MT30 Selected to Power Japan’s ASEV
Rolls-Royce has been selected to supply the world’s first twin MT30-powered hybrid electro-mechanical propulsion arrangement to power Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV), a Japanese destroyer program.The OEM says the unique power density of the MT30 GT will ensure ship performance is not compromised and will meet the top ship speed requirements associated with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense…
Rolls-Royce Opens mtu Remanufacturing and Overhaul Center in US
Rolls-Royce Power Systems Division has opened a new Remanufacturing and Overhaul Center on its mtu Aiken campus in South Carolina.First announced in 2021 and representing a low double-digit million dollar investment, the new 69,000-sq.ft. (6,400 sqm) facility is connected to the existing manufacturing operations, bringing formerly outsourced workshop and warehouse operations in-house and expands them to provide remanufacturing and overhaul of mtu Series 2000…
Partners Developing Methanol-fueled High-speed Marine Engine
Three marine industry partners are working to develop a concept for a high-speed internal combustion engine for ships that can run on green methanol in a CO2-neutral manner.Rolls-Royce, Woodward L’Orange and WTZ Roßlau have been working since the beginning of 2023 on the new joint project “MeOHmare”, which is receiving eight million euros in funding from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection.Dr.
MTU Gensets Ordered for US Navy's Second Constellation Class Frigate
The Power Systems division of Rolls-Royce has been selected to supply a further four of its mtu naval generator sets for the USS Congress (FFG-63), the second ship in the U.S. Navy’s Constellation Class Guided-Missile Frigate program, previously known as the FFG(X) program. Rolls-Royce has made significant investment at its production facilities in Aiken, S.C. and Mankato, Minn. to support the program…
Updates, Developments and Advances in Combat and Patrol Craft
My first visit in 2007 to the American Society of Naval Engineers’ (ASNE) Multi-Agency Craft Conference (MACC) was an eye-opener. Having built a naval architecture career with frigates, destroyers and other large naval and commercial ships, I was eager to learn of the smaller craft used by the U.S. Navy and other government and military bodies. As my flight into Norfolk, Va. descended over Chesapeake Bay…
Rolls-Royce Unveils New Automation Systems With Sea Machines Tech
Rolls-Royce is expanding its range of mtu NautIQ ship automation systems with three new products offering different levels of intelligent crew support, autonomous control and remote command capabilities.The new products—mtu NautIQ CoPilot, mtu NautIQ CoOperate and mtu NautIQ CoDirect—are the next step in the cooperation between Rolls-Royce and autonomous control and remote-vessel command systems developer Sea Machines Robotics…
Rolls-Royce to Deliver 'Cleanest' mtu Series 2000 Engines for US-built Yacht
Rolls-Royce said Wednesday it would deliver its new generation mtu Series 2000 engines which comply with the strict emissions regulations IMO III and EPA Tier 3 Recreational for the first time for a yacht to be built in the US. Rolls-Royce will provide two 16V 2000 M97L engines with an integrated SCR system and a power output of 1939 KW (2600 bhp) each.The engines will be installed in a Westport 125 yacht.
Rolls-Royce to Deliver Automation Solutions for New German Navy Frigates
Rolls-Royce's Power Systems business unit, headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany, will deliver the automation solutions (in German FüSAS – Führungssystem Automation Schiffstechnik) for the four new F126 frigates for the German Navy.Damen Naval is building the four F126 class frigates together with its partners Blohm+Voss and Thales, after the partners were selected as successful bidders in 2020 following a European tender process spanning several years.
Rolls-Royce Extends TBO Intervals of mtu Series 4000 Engines
The latest generation of mtu Series 4000 commercial marine engines for tugs, ferries and workboats will boast significantly extended engine running times of up to 96,000 hours between overhauls (TBO), according to manufacturer Rolls-Royce.In general, all marine engines of the latest generation of mtu Series 4000 can now run for up to 25 years before they need a major overhaul, depending on the duration and intensity of use, Rolls-Royce said.
Rolls-Royce to Supply mtu Engines for New Svitzer Tugs in Brazil
Rolls-Royce revealed it is supplying eight 16V 4000 M63 mtu engines to Brazilian shipyard Rio Maguari, to be installed in four new tugboats being built for Maersk's towage arm Svitzer. The engines, each with an output of 2,000 kW, will be delivered by May 2022.The four new tugs of the Ramparts 2300 series designed by Robert Allan Ltd. have a bollard pull of 70 tons and are to be used in ports in Brazil.With the new vessels, Svitzer will operate a total of 11 mtu-powered tugs in Brazil.
Rolls-Royce and Zhenjiang Shipyard Partner in Chinese Tug Market
Rolls-Royce and Zhenjiang Shipyard have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly expand their commercial marine business in tug and workboats powered by high-speed engines for the domestic Chinese and export market.Rolls-Royce Power Systems and Zhenjiang Shipyard agreed to jointly explore business opportunities, with an initial focus on promoting the development of tugboats with mtu high-speed engines in China.Yan Guo…
Rolls-Royce to Supply mtu Engines for Four Hybrid Tugs in Brazil
Rolls-Royce announced it has secured a contract to supply eight of its mtu 16V 4000 M65L engines for four 80-ton bollard pull tugboats to be built by Detroit Brasil, Ltda. and operated by Starnav Servicos Maritimos Ltda. The new tugs will feature a hybrid propulsion system, combining the mtu engines and mtu Blue Vision New Generation (BVNG) monitoring system with Z-drive thrusters, hybrid components and controls from Schottel…
Rolls-Royce Opens Chinese R&D Test Site for mtu Engines
Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems has opened a new test bench for mtu engines at the company’s location in Suzhou, China. The R&D test bench can accommodate mtu engines with a power output of up to 3,600 kW and will be used to test parts, engines and complete systems for power generation and industrial applications.Eugenia Valente, President Rolls-Royce Solutions Greater China, said, “The new R&D test bench is a testament to our strong commitment to the Chinese market.
Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines Partner on Autonomous Ship Control Solutions
Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines Robotics announced they are working together to deliver remote command, autonomous control and intelligent crew support systems to the marine market.As part of this agreement, Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems and Sea Machines, the developer of remote-vessel command and autonomous control systems, will join forces on the development and sale of fully and semi-autonomous vessel control systems.Michael Johnson…
Rolls-Royce, MAN Ink Deal on Turbochargers
Rolls-Royce and MAN Energy Solutions signed an agreement for a strategic partnership that will see MAN's PBST brand distribute mtu turbochargers. "With this cooperation, we are combining our competencies - on the one hand, PBST's global sales structure for turbochargers and, on the other hand, Rolls-Royce's latest high-efficiency mtu turbocharger technology for high-speed diesel and gas engines," explains Andreas Schell, CEO of Rolls-Royce Power Systems.
MTU Gensets Chosen for US Navy Frigate Program
Rolls-Royce said it has been selected to supply its mtu naval generator sets for phase one of the U.S. Navy’s Constellation (FFG-62) class frigate program, previously known as the FFG(X) program. Rolls-Royce has received a contract for the first shipset to provide four mtu naval generator sets, each rated at 3,000 kWe at 1,800 rpm.Construction on the first ship is expected to begin later this year after Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) of Marinette, Wis.
Tech File: Rolls-Royce Delivers 16-cylinder Version of mtu Series 8000 Engines
Rolls-Royce has delivered the first 16-cylinder engines of the mtu Series 8000, two 16V 8000 M71L engines built for the Taiwanese shipyard CSBC Corporation to power new patrol vessels for the Taiwanese Coast Guard. The two engines deliver 7,280 kW of power each and will accelerate the 1000-ton class vessels to up to 24 knots. A total of six vessels of this class will be built with mtu engines, and the engines will be delivered by the end of 2022.
