Ten MAN B&W engines for NCL newbuildings

MAN B&W Diesel Group will supply a total of ten 12V48/60B medium speed diesel engines to Meyer Werft, Germany, for two 2,400 passenger cruise ship newbuildings ordered by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). The first five units, each with an output of 14 400 kW, will be delivered to the yard in July with the remaining engines being supplied in April 2005.

These engines will be equipped with IS (invisible smoke) technology which means that the exhaust gas is invisible within the operated load range. In addition, the engines will be provided with a particularly environmentally friendly nitrogen-oxide reduction technology, which is achieved by means of a fuel-water emulsion (FWE) system. Water injection into the combustion chamber reduces temperature peaks and results in a significantly lower nitrogen oxide content in the exhaust gas.

With regard to vessel propulsion, NCL focused on the new version of the successful 48/60B medium-speed engine series produced by the MAN B&W based on the successful 48/60 type, of which some 300 engines have been sold. To date, 28 engines of various MAN B&W series have been produced for six NCL cruise vessels, the last one for Norwegian Dawn, which entered into service in 2002.