MAN Diesel & Turbo has won a contract to supply engines for three cruise newbuldings. The vessels will be build at Fincantieri for Costa Asia and P&O Cruises, Australia.
Each vessel will feature two 14V48/60CR and three × 8L48/60CR medium-speed MAN engines, providing 62,4[ds_preview]00 kW installed power. The engines will be delivered to Fincantieri’s shipyards in Monfalcone (Trieste) and Marghera (Venice) between August 2017 and September 2019.
Each 133,500 gt newbuilding have a length of 323 m, a passenger capacity of 4,000 and could carry a crew of 1,450 personnel.
Common-rail injection system
The MAN 48/60CR engines will operate in conjunction with MAN Diesel & Turbo’s common-rail injection system that accommodates running on both heavy fuel oil and distillate fuels. According to MAN this own developed technology provides superior performance in terms of fuel consumption and smoke emissions, especially at part load compared to its IMO Tier II engine version with conventional injection system.
