Following a record year for its mtu series 2000 engine in America, Rolls-Royce says it has strengthened its position in the US sportfishing and yacht markets. “We are on the verge of breaking the 300,000 hp mark in power delivered this year with our mtu series 2000 M96 engine, with builders utilizing our 10V, 12V […]
Rolls-Royce’s business unit Power Systems is partnering with superyacht refit, repair and maintenance company MB92 Group to provide sustainable propulsion and energy management systems for the group’s global fleet of existing superyachts. MB92 Group revealed the news on the eve of the Monaco Yacht Show (September 27–30), which kicks off today. The partnership with Rolls-Royce […]
Rolls-Royce is adding pod drives to its mtu yacht portfolio, in cooperation with marine propulsion specialists ZF. “Our strategic goal is to offer our customers integrated, highly efficient solutions in the yacht market — from bridge to propeller,” says Denise Kurtulus, vice president of global marine at the Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems. “This includes […]
Rolls-Royce has received an order from Penguin Shipyard International to supply eight mtu Series 4000 engines for two new aluminium RoPax fast ferries. Penguin Shipyard International is a subsidiary of Singapore-based shipbuilder and shipowner Penguin International Limited. Penguin operates a 30,000-square-metre shipyard in Singapore and a 50,000-square-metre shipyard in Batam, Indonesia, producing aluminium workboats, patrol […]
Rolls-Royce has acquired Team Italia/Onyx Marine, the Italian group specialising in yacht bridges and marine electronics. Having begun collaborating on joint development projects in 2019, the two companies say they have agreed that the best way to realise strategic growth would be for Team Italia to become part of Rolls-Royce. Team Italia, established in 2000, […]
Rolls-Royce has opened a new €30m assembly plant for its mtu Series 2000 yacht engines in Kluftern near Friedrichshafen, Germany. The mtu 2000 series is a high-performance yacht engine regularly used on luxury yachts and superyachts. In 2022, Ferretti Group renewed an ongoing supply agreement with Rolls-Royce to use its mtu engines to power its […]
Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems business unit closed the 2022 financial year with strong growth and order intake and underlying revenue at record levels, the company has announced. Planned investments in 2023 include hydrogen infrastructure in Friedrichshafen for testing new technologies. Order intake in Power Systems was £4.3bn (€5,2bn), 34 per cent higher than the prior year, […]
Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems and Sunseeker International have signed a new framework agreement at boot Düsseldorf that’ll see Rolls-Royce continue to provide Sunseeker with mtu Series 2000 engines until at least 2025. “We are delighted to renew and extend our cooperation with Rolls-Royce on mtu propulsion and automation solutions,” says Andrea Frabetti, CEO of […]
The Power Systems business unit at Rolls-Royce and SOWITEC, a specialist in renewable energy projects, will cooperate with the aim of providing Power-to-X projects with a total electrolysis capacity of up to 500 megawatts by 2028. The plants will use renewable energy sources to generate electrical power that will be used to produce hydrogen with […]
Rolls-Royce and Lürssen have partnered to work on specific projects to develop the use of methanol as an environmentally friendly fuel for superyachts. Speaking at the 2022 Monaco Yacht Show, the two companies confirmed they are already working on specific projects, including the propulsion of a Lürssen yacht using mtu methanol engines from Rolls-Royce. The […]
Ferretti Group is to continue to use Rolls-Royce mtu engines and propulsion systems to power its yachts until at least 2027, after the firms renewed an ongoing supply agreement. The Italian luxury yacht manufacturer says Rolls-Royce mtu engines offer “power delivery, reliability and fuel efficiency [that] have earned them a permanent place in the engine […]