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on board, environmental protection is a major
issue, e.g. through maximum engine efficiency
and compliance with prescribed emission limits.
The orders that MAN Diesel & Turbo landed in
2013 as a result of focused and sustained sales activities
illustrate the contrasts in this segment. On
the one hand there are the small super-luxury
ships ordered by Viking Ocean Cruises, and on the
other Norwegian Cruise Line and Carnival Cruise
Lines placed orders for the largest ships in their
respective fleets, which are able to accommodate
between 4,000 and nearly 5,000 passengers. With
its broad product range MAN Diesel & Turbo is
coping with all these different requirements.
Inside a luxury liner: low-emission drives are especially important in coastal
areas.
Gas engines conquer the world’s oceans
Gas is becoming increasingly important in marine transport. And MAN Diesel & Turbo
is able to supply the right engines for this.
MAN Diesel & Turbo
provides dual fuel engines
for the world‘s cleanest
container ships.
Over the past years we have seen an inexorable
rise in the use of gas as a fuel source.
Slowly but surely, it is now also taking
over the seas and oceans of the world. As early as
in 2007, MAN Diesel & Turbo launched its first
dual fuel engine – the 51/50DF – which was aimed
specifically at the LNG (liquefied natural gas)
tanker segment. The market has grown steadily
since then and MAN Diesel & Turbo has benefited
from this upward trend. In 2013, two customers
from China and Japan ordered 35 x 51/60DF engines,
worth in total around EUR 100 million. The
new-build ships for CSLNG in Shanghai are the first
large LNG tankers with a propulsion system based
on dual fuel engines to be constructed in China.
MAN Diesel & Turbo is now taking the next step
and has brought to market its first two-stroke
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