China's Bohai Ferry has ordered four MAN 16V32/40CD propulsion plants to power two passenger vessels to supplement its fleet.
Bohai Ferry is a major passenger-liner transportation enterprise in Bohai Bay, north eastern China. It deals mainly with passenger transportation on the Yantai-
Dalian and Penglai-Dalian sea routes where the company already operates several, large passenger liners.
The ferries will be built at Huanghai Shipbuilding, in China's Shandong Province. The contract includes an option for two other vessels.
The four-stroke engines will be built at MAN Diesel's production centre in Augsburg, Germany, and will operate at 750rpm, providing a total of 16MW of installed power for the 2300P/2500LM RoPax vessels.
Bohai Ferry has also ordered twin-screw, controllable pitch propeller (CPP) propulsion systems from Alpha, suitable for ice class B. The MAN Diesel scope of supply includes two single-stage reduction gearboxes from Renk for each vessel.
Delivery of the propulsion systems is expected to take place in the first half of 2011.