Wednesday, 31 August 2016 11:31

Record-Breaking Marine Engine Put in Operation

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The biggest and most powerful engine in the history of the MAN Diesel & Turbo company portfolio has been put in operation. The MAN B&W 11G95ME-C9.5 two-stroke engine of 75,570 kW (103 thousand horse-power), which is the main engine of the MSC Jade container ship with a load-bearing capacity of 19437 TEU, owned by the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) shipping company, was produced by the Korean company Doosan Engine. The ship also contains 4 MAN L32/40 (2 x 8L32 /40 + 2 x 9L32/40) auxiliary engines, each of which contains one MAN NR34/S turbocharger.
The engine is the first in a series of six engines ordered by the MSC.

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