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 ...

A controllable pitch propeller or variable pitch propeller is one of the most advanced propellers in the shipbuilding industry. It can move its blade in the desired position by changing the pitch of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...