MAN welcomes new Chinese licensee

MAN Diesel has added another member to its family of two-stroke licensees with the signing of a contract with Zhenjiang CME Co., Ltd. (ZJCME), the Chinese engine manufacturer. The new licensee is a subsidiary of the giant, state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) industrial conglomerate. ZJCME already holds a four-stroke license with MAN Diesel for the building of generating sets. It signed the new, two-stroke agreement on 16 January at a ceremony ratified by CSSC, and intends to build engines up to 50-cm bore.

The agreement means that MAN Diesel now has a total of seven two-stroke licensees in China. Klaus Engberg, Senior Vice President for MAN Diesel two-stroke licensing said: “At the moment, we are seeing an unprecedented boom in the contracting of ships, particularly in China. However, although engine production is also on the increase, China is still experiencing a shortage of engines. We therefore warmly welcome the decision of CSSC and ZJCME to produce our two-stroke engines.”