POWERSHIPS REPORT 23


Member of the Executive Board for Global Sales and After Sales at MAN Diesel & Turbo, tells WIP.


“Our engines will be used in various ships, and operated with either Natural Gas or Heavy Fuel Oil,” adds Alexander Stöckler, Senior Vice President MAN Diesel & Turbo and Global Head of Sales Power Plants.


“We have already delivered some of the engines as Dual-Fuels, with others being supplied with a simple option to convert to gas.” Stefan Eefting, Senior Vice


President MAN Diesel & Turbo and Head of MAN PrimeServ Diesel in Augsburg, comments: “Not only does Karpower- ship place high demands on the quality of engines and control systems, but also in particular on the service and aftersales offerings and competences of its engine


supplier.” Karpowership is the only company worldwide which operates a complete fleet of Powerships. At present, the active fleet comprises a total of nine ships, offering a power capacity range between 30 and 470 MW. A further 22 Powerships are


currently being built. The new ships, also fitted with MAN engines, will be used all around the globe. “Powerships mean


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flexibility,” explains Dr. Tilman Tütken, Vice President MAN Diesel & Turbo and European Head of Sales Power Plants. “The areas of deployment will be in various parts of Europe,


Asia, South America & Africa. Two ships from the fleet with MAN engines are currently in use in Lebanon, stabilising the energy supply of the capital city, Beirut.” Since Spring 2013, the


Karadeniz Powership Fatmagul Sultan has been feeding into Beirut’s distribution network, with a capacity of around 203 MW. It is driven by eleven MAN


V51/60 18-cylinder Dual Fuel engines. The Karadeniz Powership Orhan Bey is also currently anchored off the coast of Lebanon. www.corporate.man.eu www.karpowership.com


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Worldwide Independent Power November 2017


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