AP Moeller-Maersk places order for 18 engines

MAN Diesel reports that AP Moeller – Maersk has ordered 18 × MAN B&W 6S80ME-C9 engines for a series of container ships. All of the engines will be built by HHI-EMD, Hyundai?s engine division, with 13 going to Hyundai?s Ship Building Division (HHI-SBD), and the remaining five to Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI). The two yards will deliver the newbuilding, 4,500-TEU container ships to Maersk during 2011-2012.

The 6S80ME-C9 engine type is MAN Diesel?s most modern mark-9 design and is fully compliant with the new, Tier-II emission requirements

MAN says that the vessels will be built to the highest environmental and efficiency standards. This is confirmed by the hitherto unusual but innovative application of a low-rpm, S-type engine for container-ship propulsion. The lower rpm gives a significant increase in propulsion efficiency, thereby contributing to fuel economy and reduced CO2 emission. In addition, the company has specified the use of waste-heat recovery technology on each of the engines, to re-use excess exhaust-heat to generate energy for on-board electricity consumption. This represents the first application of this technology at a large scale by an Asian yard. Upon delivery, the ships are intended for service in the strongly growing, sub-Saharan, African market.