Exhaust Gas Emission Control News

MAN B&W Diesel A/S, Alpha, Denmark has been awarded the contract to supply a twin medium speed main engine package to drive AziPull propellers for a series of 14,500 DWT Oil Products and Chemical tankers. MAN B&W Holeby GenSets will be supplied by a Chinese licensee. The vessels are under construction for Broström Tankers AB, Göteborg, Sweden. Four vessels will be built by Jinling Shipyard, Nanjing, China. The newbuildings are scheduled for delivery during 2006 and 2007. Together with Broström Tankers AB, the naval architects and designers Skipskonsulent A/S, Bergen from the Vik & SandVik Group, Norway, have been in charge of this state-of-the-art shortsea tanker concept, optimized for North European trade.