G-type engines sell fast for MAN

The milestone was reached after Greek ship operator Almi Tankers – coincidentally the first company to order a G-type engine, in 2012 – ordered 7G80ME-C9 engines for two 317,000dwt VLCCs to be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea.

The crude carriers are due for delivery in February and April 2018. In both instances the engine is Tier III NOx compatible.

Ole Grøne, senior vice president – two-stroke promotion & sales, MAN Diesel & Turbo, said: “The success of our ultra-long-stroke portfolio is a fantastic story for us. That we have already clinched orders for 1500 G-type engines since the G-type’s launch just a few short years ago is remarkable;
the G-type is easily the fastest selling engine we have ever had.”

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s G-type programme entered the market in October 2010. The ‘G’ prefix means the design follows the principles of the large-bore, Mark 9 engine series that MAN Diesel & Turbo introduced in 2006. The ultra-long stroke reduces engine speed, enabling the use of propellers with larger diameters and facilitating greater efficiency – MAN estimates that vessels with updated aft-ship designs for such propellers, with the G-series of engines, offer potential fuel consumption savings of some 4-7%.

The G series, together with the established S series of engines, constitutes MAN Diesel & Turbo’s two-stroke engine programme and cover similar power ranges in different rpm brackets.