Finnøy Gear & Propeller has signed a contract to deliver complete propulsion systems for a new series of eight cargo vessels being built for the Norwegian shipping company Wilson ASA. The vessels will ...
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 ...
Most ships control speed by changing engine power, but vessels with controllable pitch propellers adjust the blade angle instead. This video explains how variable pitch systems generate forward or ...