A containership transiting the Pacific Ocean lost hydraulic oil and propulsion after its propeller blade cracked, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). A blade on ...

At the SMM exhibition and conference in Hamburg, Germany, Wärtsilä is introducing its latest development of large Controllable Pitch (CP) Propellers, based on the previously known E-hub type. The new ...

Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 8 September 2014 at 10 am EET At the SMM exhibition and conference in Hamburg, Germany, Wärtsilä is introducing its latest development of large Controllable Pitch ...

Controllable-pitch propellers have been developed and produced on the Baltic coast of Germany since 1962 – initially in Rostock, and then in Wismar from 1964. The first units were manufactured for 86 ...

In July 2023, Damen and Thales signed contracts to design, build and deliver four new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates for Belgium and the Netherlands. Kongsberg Maritime will supply propeller ...

A massive shipping vessel recently learned that small manufacturing issues can lead to huge amounts of damage. In 2022, the containership Maunalei, owned by transportation services company Matson, was ...

Kongsberg will supply six sets of Controllable Pitch Propeller systems to Hyundai Heavy Industries for Philippine Navy OPVs. Kongsberg, on 7 March, announced the sale of six sets of Controllable Pitch ...

Mumbai: Finnish equipment-maker Wartsila Corporation will manufacture controllable pitch propellers (CPP) in India to create an important and sizeable production capacity increase for the CPP business ...

The incorrect installation of a single set screw led to the loss of propulsion control on the Canadian-flagged, 736-foot-long Atlantic Huron, causing the ship to strike a pier at 6.8 knots, the ...

The Dornier Do-29 was an experimental aircraft designed to test vectored thrust for extreme STOL performance, featuring two Lycoming engines driving controllable-pitch propellers that could tilt up to ...