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Investment in Design

By David Tinsley, technical editor powered by a single, 12-cylinder

K98ME engine, for a maximum output of 93,360-bhp (68,640-kW). With the

ME design, MAN B&W's Copenhagen two-stroke technicians have eschewed

New Potency in Electronic Control

German predilection for technological advance permeates all areas of primary business and industrial activity, to the undoubted benefit of the competitive standing of its international market play- ers. In the maritime domain, a clear appreciation of the long-term operating benefits promised by the application of electronic regulation to massively pow- erful. two-stroke propulsion engines is denoted by Hapag-Lloyd's selection of

K98ME diesels for its next generation of linehaul vessels.

In explaining some of the rationale in opting for electronically controlled. 'cathedral' engines of the largest size produced to date, an article in a recent edition of the in-house publication

Hapag-Lloyd New s illustrated the prag- matic approach to state-of-the-art tech- nology. The group's endorsement of a step change in engine design acknowl- edged the gains achievable through increased plant efficiency and perform- ance level, all of which has a signal bearing on unit cost competitiveness and service dependability in the rigorous business of liner shipping.

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