The year 2009 will not be forgotten for a lot of reasons, but for GE Marine it marked the 40th anniversary of its LM2500 gas turbine in service with the United States Navy. “The first LM2500 gas turbine began operating in 1969, powering the U.S. Navy’s GTS Adm. Callaghan cargo ship. Forty years later, the […]
Repowering the Cross Sound Ferry’s M.V. JOHN H.
GE Marine, a unit of GE Transportation, recently announced that it successfully installed two inline L250 engines on Cross Sound Ferry’s M.V. JOHN H., making the vessel U.S. EPA Tier II compliant while increasing power and reducing fuel consumption by up to 15%. The M.V. JOHN H. operates on a vehicle and passenger ferry route […]
GE Marine and Ingeteam Marine Announce Partnership
GE Marine recently announced that it has signed a business cooperation agreement with the Marine division of Ingeteam, a company headquartered in Spain that specializes in electronic control system automation and application engineering in the marine, industry, railway traction and renewable energy fields. The agreement will include joint marketing, sales efforts and technology development in […]