Mercury Marine, FPT Partner for Diesel Engine Launch
Mercury Marine informs it has signed a supply agreement with FPT Industrial to make the FPT 6.7L mechanically fuel injected NEF engines available for sale in global markets.
Martin Bass, Mercury Marine vice president of global category management, said, “This partnership with FPT allows Mercury Marine to develop market awareness of the new product’s value proposition in global markets that we don’t have a presence in yet.” He added, “This midrange expansion will support the needs of a predominantly commercial markets globally.”
The 6.7L diesel engine, branded Mercury Diesel, offers power for single application (22’ to 30’) sterndrive and inboard boats such as passenger ferries, taxi boats and other government applications, as well as dual applications such as passenger ferries, taxi boats, boats with water jet propulsion and displacement trawlers (30’-50’).
The 6.7L midrange engine will become available in the marketplace in the first quarter of 2016, following its official launch at the 2016 China International Boat show in Shanghai.
