MAN Diesel is relaunching its portfolio, making all its engines compatible with the limits established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in its Tier II regulations.
The relaunch is an historic milestone for the company, and one which preempts the January 2011 implementation of the new IMO NOx emission limits by some time.
The new programme was launched at the beginning of June at Asia Licence Days, a meeting of MAN Diesel licensees in Okayama, Japan. 160 participants, including the top management from MAN Diesel’s two- and four-stroke licence family in Japan, China, Korea and Vietnam, met to discuss the new implications for MAN Diesel’s product portfolio.
Executive Vice President of MAN Diesel, Peter Sunn Pedersen, comments: “During this summit, we have updated our Asian family of licensees on the latest developments with particular emphasis on environmental issues and given our view on diesel technology in this regard today and in the future. Therefore, technological challenges with the main focus, of course, on environmental challenges such as cutting emissions and the application of bio-fuels, etc. was discussed in detail". He concludes: “What we are doing is a complete optimisation of the engine-installation, whether electronically or mechanically controlled.”
