Wartsila to power HMM containerships

Four 8,600 TEU container ships ordered by Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) from Hyundai Heavy Industries (two ships) and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (two ships) are to be powered by 14-cylinder Sulzer RT-flex96C common-rail engines. Each engine will have a maximum continuous power of 80,080 kW.

Hyundai Heavy Industries will build these engines under licence from Wärtsilä Corporation and the ships are due for delivery in the first quarter of 2008. They will have a service speed of 27 knots.

The Sulzer 14RT-flex96C is the most powerful marine engine on order today, and also the first low-speed marine engine to be built with more than 12-cylinders.