Service Center Denmark News

The Norwegian vessel Kvannøy is the world’s first fishing vessel to benefit from Humid Air Motor technology. Humid Air Motor is abbreviated to HAM. The purse seiner/trawler and factory vessel Kvannøy, which was built in 2002, has an advanced ship design and sophisticated propulsion technology. Examples are a reduction gearbox with two-step PTO, floating frequency, a large PTO/PTH shaft alternator/motor with a power boost function – where auxiliary engine power can be added to the propeller at peak requirements.

MAN B&W Diesel A/S has been awarded the contract to carry out a large re-engining job on the car and passenger ferry Banasa. This is the third job of this scale to be carried out by the MAN B&W engine specialists at the company's own Service Center Denmark in Frederikshavn. Earlier similar jobs included the Princess of Scandinavia (finished March 2000) and the re-engining/overhaul of four Olympic Countess main engines (finished spring 2001). The common de-nominator is ferries or passenger vessels in the 20+ years age - where hull and accommodation has sufficient potential and where the machinery packages have to be brought up-to-date. The ferry, owned and operated by Comarit (Compagnie Maritime Marocko-Norvegienne S.A.

MAN B&W Diesel’s Service Center Denmark has finalized a main engine overhaul onboard the factory freezer trawler ‘Lazurnyy’. The 1988-built vessel is one of four large fishing vessels owned and operated by Westrybflot in Kaliningrad, Russia. A sister vessel was inspected earlier this year, and the work on the ‘Lazurnyy’ started on November 27th and was completed on December 14th. ‘Lazurnyy’ is powered by two 3500 BHP, 6 cyl. Pielstick PC 2-5 main engines built under licence by Russki Diesel. Via a Valmet main gearbox, each engine drives a 1500 KVA shaft alternator. The shaft alternators have been subjected to a complete overhaul, including the fitting of new main bearings. The docking of the 103-metre factory trawler was handled by, and in cooperation with, the neighbouring Orskov Yard.