Harbor Towing Optimization BACKGROUND With increased emissions regulations and rising fuel costs, vessel owners are constantly looking for ways to reduce fuel consumption of their fleet and tugboats are no exception. In a typical tug operation, there are 2 basic modes...
THE CLIENT The S.S. Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry that has been in service since 1953. Currently, she shuttles across Lake Michigan between Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Ludington, Michigan. What makes her unique is this: she is the very last coal-burning...
THE CLIENT Founded in 1982, MACSEA has acquired decades of experience in providing ship performance monitoring solutions to both Naval and commercial shipowners. MACSEA was the first company to unleash the power of neural network-based software agents for real-time...
Hagen Andersen, DNV (USA) Inc., uses the TorqueTrak 10K telemetry instrument from Binsfeld Engineering to perform true mechanical Torque & Power measurements on marine propeller shafts. Shown below is a recent case study. DNV was contracted by a United States ship...
CENTA Transmissions Far East Pte. Ltd. used the TorqueTrak 10K telemetry instruments from Binsfeld Engineering to diagnose and solve a problem aboard a twin-propeller ship, where the couplings on both shafts repeatedly suffered damage after only a couple hours of sea...
When power is money, using Binsfeld TorqueTrak TT10K torque meters can assist engine manufacturers to set maximum power output. A tug barge owner, operating in Alaska, had to re-fit his tug propulsion system in order to comply with environmental regulation. In his...
