MAN has received the first order for its new Gensets MAN 175D. It is for the Italian Navy.
The first shipset plus an option for six more of Gensets is for the multipurpose, offshore patrol vessel »Puttugliatore Polivalente d’ Altura« (PPA)-program. Each vessel will feature four [ds_preview]12V MAN 175D Gensets, each delivering 1,640 kW. The newbuildings have been ordered as part of the Italian Navy’s »Programma di Rinnovamento«.This fleet renewal also features other vessels with MAN technology.
MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that the new Gensets were chosen for their highly reliable and fuel-efficient design that meets the multiple scenarios and demands that such patrol vessels encounter.
Vessels to be build at Fincantieri
Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups and reference player in naval shipbuilding, will build the ships in Italy. Delivery of the first vessel is scheduled for 2021. The other deliveries are planned in 2022, 2023, 2024 (two units) 2025 and 2026.
The PPAs are highly flexible vessels with the capacity to serve multiple roles, ranging from patrolling with sea-rescue capabilities, to civil protection and – in its most highly equipped version – as front-line fighting vessels.
Each PPA is 133 m long between perpendiculars, has a top speed of over 32 kn, and can host a crew up to 180 persons. The MAN 175D GenSets will, on account of the demanding operating conditions, feature double-elastic mounting and, in the aft machinery room only, sound enclosures.
In addition to the engines and their related plant equipment, MAN Diesel & Turbo will also supply, in the aft machinery room only, its in-house-designed SCR system to ensure an environmentally friendly footprint.
Additional orders
MAN Diesel & Turbo has furthermore won the order to supply main and auxiliary engines for a logistics support ship (LSS) and landing helicopter dock (LHD).
The company’s scope of supply for the LSS covers two 20V 32/44CR main engines (delivering 12,000 kW each) for diesel-mechanical propulsion and four 6L 27/38 GenSets (delivering 2,084 kW each).
The scope of supply for the LHD is two 20V 32/44CR main engines (delivering 12,000 kW each) four 9L 32/44CR GenSets (delivering 5,400 kW each). MAN Diesel & Turbo will also supply its in-house-designed SCR system for auxiliary engines.
