- 13/07/2010, MAN Diesel & Turbo to Supply Engines for Cruise Ferries
- MAN Diesel & Turbo continues to seek out opportunities in a difficult market and recently signed a supply contract with Norwegian shipbuilder, Bergen Group Fosen, in Rissa, Norway. Under the terms of the deal, MAN Diesel & Turbo will supply eight state-of-the-art, common-rail-based 10L32/44CR main engines, along with six L21/31 auxiliary generating-sets and four RENK gearboxes for two ferries to be operated by Fjord Line Danmark A/S, the Danish subsidiary of the Norwegian ferry company.
- 11/05/2010, MAN 20V28/33D Engine Gets Type Approval
- MAN Diesel & Turbo’s first upgraded, twenty-cylinder 28/33D prototype engine recently passed a series of tests on the test bed at the company’s St. Nazaire, France works, and was awarded type approval by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) classification society.
- 27/04/2010, MAN Engines Smooth Passage For Spanish Ro-Ro
- Navantia, the Spanish shipbuilder, recently completed the ‘José María Entrecanales’, a modern roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vessel, at its Bahía de Cádiz facility in southwestern Spain. Built for Spanish shipping line, Acciona Transmediterránea, the ship is powered by four MAN 9L48/60B main engines and three MAN 8L21/31 auxiliary engines.
- 12/04/2010, MAN Diesel Powers Fall-Pipe and Rock-Dumping Vessel
- Construcciones Navales del Norte (La Naval de Sestao) of Spain’s Basque country delivered the “Simon Stevin” to Jan de Nul in February. Driven by a diesel-electric propulsion system comprising a series of MAN Diesel 32/40 engines, the new addition to the Belgian group’s fleet is the world’s largest fall-pipe and rock-dumping vessel with a capacity of 19,500 m3.
- 06/04/2010, MAN Diesel Tugs Market in Right Direction
- MAN Diesel Spain has been very active within the tug segment recently, having played a key role in three orders that contract the company to supply 18 of MAN Diesel L27/38 engines to Boluda Corporación Marítima, Spain, the international marine group and leading shipbuilder. The engines are destined for nine newbuilding tugs; ten engines were already delivered in 2009 with the remainder due in 2010/2011.
