Press Releases

Turbomachinery trains and service contracts to support infrastructure in the Iranian midstream and downstream business

MAN Diesel & Turbo has been selected to supply the main engines to a new, icebreaking, supply-and-research vessel for the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). The 2 × 16V32/44CR main engines – each producing 9,600 kW – were chosen for their highly reliable and fuel-efficient design that will serve in an environment with a demanding operational profile, including temperatures down to -30 degrees and extended mission times. The vessel is being procured by Serco Defence through DMS Maritime (prime contractor) and will be designed and built by Damen Shipyards Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS).

MAN Diesel & Turbo and MV Werften have concluded a contract to equip two “Global Class” cruise ships for Star Cruises. With a registered tonnage (RT) of 200,000 tons each, the ships will be some of the largest on the market and will each be equipped with six type 48/60CR engines with a combined output of 96,000 kW. The ships are scheduled for delivery in 2020 and 2021.

Four new engines ensure security of supply for Honiara

MAN Diesel & Turbo has won the engine-supply contract from Fincantieri for newbuildings ordered by Costa Asia and P&O Cruises, Australia. The two companies are members of Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company with a combined fleet of over 100 ships across 10 cruise-line brands.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has won the order for a complete propulsion package for a chemical tanker. As a world-first, the package features a full HyProp ECO system with PTO/PTH; HyProp ECO is an innovative, fuel-saving, hybrid propulsion system.

MAN Diesel & Turbo and Hyundai Engineering (HEC) have completed the extension of a power plant in Pakistan for the customer Attock Refinery Limited (ARL). The plant, located northeast of Rāwalpindi, is powered by heavy fuel oil (HFO) and supplies electricity to a refinery.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has won the contract to supply the first shipset (plus an option for six more, to be confirmed) of GenSets for the multipurpose, offshore patrol vessel – Pattugliatore Polivalente d' Altura (PPA) – program.

Already 20 trains of MAN’s turbomachinery concept sold to refineries in Asia, Middle East, Central and South America

Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo expect to cut the size and weight of subsea compression systems by at least 50 percent just a year after the first such system successfully went on stream at Statoil’s Åsgard field.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has been commissioned to supply three 18V 48/60TS engines to Bangladesh. The units will drive a new power station in the Munshiganj district, which will provide baseload capacity to the capital Dhaka. This is the third project that MAN has implemented for customer Doreen Power.

MAN Diesel & Turbo is presenting its entire portfolio of innovative power generation solutions at this year Power-Gen Asia in Seoul, Korea, at the company’s booth (Stand P11/Hall 5A).

Rationale behind G-type introduction MAN Diesel & Turbo’s G-type programme entered the market in October 2010

MAN Diesel & Turbo has added three new engines to its large-bore engine programme.

MAN & Diesel Turbo, Augsburg reports that it recently delivered the 10,000th turbocharger from its TCR radial-type turbocharger series.

Successful acceptance test is followed by shipment to the Secunda site in South Africa.

The new gas engine power plant will save up to 60,000 tonnes of CO2 per year

Karpowership, part of the Turkish energy group Karadeniz Holding, has placed an order for a total of twelve 18V 51/60 engines with a capacity of 18.9 MW per engine with MAN Diesel & Turbo. Six of the engines are to be delivered during the remainder of this year, with a further six at the beginning of 2017.

After a period of negotiation, Korean shipowner, ILSHIN and HMD (Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd.) have signed a shipbuilding contract for a 50,000 dwt bulk carrier. As a world first for the segment, the vessel will be powered by an MAN B&W 6G50ME-C9.5-GI engine, to be built by HHI-EMD who will also supply the ME-GI and fuel gas supply system.

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) announced on 29 June that they have completed the world’s first ME-GIE ethane-operated two-stroke diesel engine. The engines will be for propulsion of three ethylene carriers, which primarily will carry liquid ethane as cargo.