MHI starts UEC-LSE

Mitsubishi Heavy Engineering (MHI) recently delivered the first marine version of its UEC-LSE series two-stroke diesel engine. It was manufactured at the Nagasaki factory of Kobe Diesel. The delivery was the first of four 10,230 kW 6UEC52LSE engines ordered for installation in a four-ship series of 1,100 TEU boxships being built at Shin Kochi Juko shipyard. The quartet was ordered by Pacific International Lines, a Singapore-based company. Delivery of the first vessel, Kota Hakim, is slated for later this year. MHI has also completed the development of the UEC68LSE engine, a larger model in the LSE series and is now proceeding with several promising sales opportunities