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SHIPBUILDING & EQUIPMENT | PROPULSION & MANOEUVRING TECHNOLOGY
Clean inland cargo ship
VOLVO PENTA | The Mercurius Shipping
Group, located in Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands,
recently launched a new concept
for an inland waterway vessel, called the
M-factor. The ship is 85m long, 9.6m wide
and has a load capacity of 1,500 tonnes.
The dimensions of the M-factor have been
developed according to sailing conditions
in European inland waterways such as
smaller channels and rivers. As propulsion
engine, the Volvo Penta D16-750 hp will
A Volvo Penta D12-400 will be installed
as a thruster engine
More powerful engine
introduced
WÄRTSILÄ | Finnish solution provider
Wärtsilä has introduced a more powerful
version for marine applications of its Wärtsilä
32 engine.
The new and upgraded version is available
with an increased power output of 580 kW
The Wärtsilä 32 engine
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be used, which is quite unique for this
size of ship that normally
would be equipped
with engines generating
at least
1,000 hp.
The Volvo Penta
D16 is reported
to outperform
the competition
in this range
of power especially on
part load and was therefore
selected as main propulsion engine.
For an environmentally friendlier
ship operation, the engine will be
equipped with the STT Emtec Selective
Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and a Particulate
Organic Carbon (POC) system as a
standard even though not required by legislations.
Using the SCR system, NOx can
be reduced by another 70 to 90%, whereas
the POC fi lter reduces particulate matter by
another 40%.
The prototype will be built at the yard of
Mercurius Shipping in Begej and will be
completed in May 2011. The plans are to
build at least four to six ships yearly, de-
per cylinder at 750 RPM (50 Hz version).
This represents a 15% increase in power
output over the earlier 32 engine, despite
having the same external dimensions. The
Wärtsilä 32 now covers a power range from
3 MW to 9.3 MW. One area where this new
power output is of particular interest, is in
the offshore drillship market. It is felt that
in combination with Wärtsilä’s Low Loss
Concept, the new engine can offer a powerful
yet compact package for diesel-electric
propulsion.
The engine is said to be able to operate effi
ciently and economically on low sulphur
fuels (