Rescue vessels for China
10. January 2011
| Editorial staff Ship&Offshore
At 117 m overall, and speeds up to 22 knots the newbuildings are to operate for the BeiHai Rescue Bureau and DongHai Rescue Bureau - of the Chinese Ministry of Transport.
MAN Diesel & Turbo is to supply two twin-screw complete propulsion packages based on its latest MAN L48/60CR engines, Renk RSHL reduction gears and newly designed Alpha Mk 5 propellers. MAN Diesel & Turbo’s four stroke medium speed engines of the 48/60CR (Tier II common rail) family offer 1,200 kW per cylinder at 500 rpm and are here chosen for the twin diesel-mechanical propulsion system. Twin four-bladed 4.0 metre diameter Alpha VBS1020 controllable pitch propellers of the Mk 5 design generation will be installed.
