MHI awards Chinese engine builder marine diesel licence

YUNGPU is the third Chinese company to be licensed to manufacture Mitsubishi-UE engines and will further accelerate these engines’ penetration into the Chinese shipbuilding market where strong growth is expected. YUNGPU plans to complete manufacture and delivery of the first unit by the end of this year.

The engines licensed to YUNGPU are the UEC37LSII and UEC33LSII, small-size marine diesels with cylinder bores of 370 and 330 millimeters (mm), respectively. Under the licensing agreement YUNGPU can manufacture, sell and provide after-sale services for engines in China.

YUNGPU is currently constructing a plant with an annual production capacity of 120 engines, approximately 1 million horsepower in total, slated for completion in this summer. Once production gets under way, the number of employees will be increased to 550.

MHI has previously licensed UE engine technology to two other Chinese companies: large-size UE engines to Qingdao Qiyao Wärtsilä MHI Linshan Marine Diesel Company (QMD) and small-and medium size engines to Yichang Marine Diesel Engine Plant (YMD). With the addition of the new licensing arrangement for small-size UE engines, a structure will now be established offering a broad range of UE engines to the Chinese market.