mtu marine engines from Rolls-Royce awarded China-1 certification
Posted on October 29, 2020
Rolls-Royce’s mtu Series 2000 and 4000 marine engines have been awarded the new China-1 marine certification.
- Power spectrum from 720 to 4,300 kW
- Complete certification under special conditions due to global Corona pandemic
Rolls-Royce’s mtu Series 2000 and 4000 marine engines have been awarded the new China-1 marine certification. “China is our most important growth market and number one focus for our commercial marine business. This certification means we can now continue to offer our leading-edge technology to Chinese customers,” said Fu Min Chu, Vice President of Sales & Business Development at mtu China.
The China-1-certified mtu Series 2000 engines are available in 8, 10, 12 and 16-cylinder configurations, and the Series 4000 engines in 12, 16 and 20-cylinder designs – with power ratings between 720 and 4,300 kW. They are characterized by their low weight and compact size while offering high performance and reliability. The first engines with the new certification have already been sold, and some of them already dispatched. They are to be installed on a ferry in Shanghai and on boats operated by the Chinese police and customs.
To overcome the challenges posed by the Corona pandemic, the Rolls-Royce team and its partners came up with innovative solutions in order to enable the experts from Chinese classification society CCS and the Jinan Test Center to follow events on the Friedrichshafen test stand throughout. “It’s very pleasing that this Sino-German project team has grown together so well and secured certification in this manner even under the special circumstances of the Corona pandemic,” said a delighted Paul Röck, who headed the engineering activities of Rolls-Royce Power Systems in China at the time of the certification runs.
mtu engines have been in service with Chinese governmental and commercial customers since the early 1990s. Hundreds of mtu Series 2000 and Series 4000 engines have been installed in vessels of governmental organizations such as the China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) and Customs. 12- and 16-cylinder Series 2000 M72 engines are also in use on the fast ferries serving the Pearl Delta area.
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