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MTU Group Now Tognum

The brands and companies of the

MTU Group are to operate under the new name of Tognum GmbH with immediate effect. Tognum will function as a strategic holding company for the companies with the globally established brands of MTU, Detroit Diesel,

L'Orange, MDE, CFC Solutions and the

Drive Shafts division. Despite their cor- porate links, the brands and individual companies will continue to operate inde- pendently. "The new name for our group com- bines the tradition and strength of all the companies and brands and safeguards their independent market presence," explained the CEO of Tognum GmbH,

Volker Heuer, who will continue to be the President and CEO of MTU

Friedrichshafen GmbH.

The other members of the manage- ment of Tognum GmbH are Joachim

Coers, Dr. Gerd-Michael Wolters and

Rainer Breidenbach.

The name Tognum was developed with the assistance of professional nam- ing experts. The name has a Germanic root ("tog") and a Latin root ("um"), and is pronounced very similarly in the most widespread European languages.

In its Germanic and old Scandinavian meaning, "tog" stands for "to pull with strength", while the Latin suffix "um" signifies an important object or monu- ment, and is to be found in names such as Colosseum or Forum.

As a demonstration of togetherness and cooperation, Tognum GmbH will initiate an unusual venture within its group of companies: Employees from all of the companies are to construct a sailing boat together, to be completed by the spring of 2009. The boat will be named Tognum and will be launched to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the oldest company in the group, MTU

Friedrichshafen.

MTU is currently developing the

Series 1600.

Suez Canal Orders

Ferries, Tractors

The Suez Canal Authority has ordered another 18 Voith Schneider Propellers from Voith Turbo. The propellers are of two different types of size 14 for ferries, as well as size 28 for Voith Water

Tractors. The vessels are built by Port

Said Shipyard in Port Said where they will also be put in operation. A total of three new Voith Water Tractors will be fitted with VSPs size 28. Each of these

Voith Water Tractors that will be used for marine assistance and escorting serv- ices in the 163-km-long Suez Canal has a bollard pull of over 50 tons. Like the three Voith Water Tractors, the five dou- ble-ended ferries will be stationed in

Port Said, Egypt's second largest harbor.

Across the Suez Canal, ferry traffic is busy, especially between Egypt and

Sinai. Voith Turbo Marine will deliver a total of twelve VSPs for these double- ended ferries, installed in five vessels.

The other two VSPs are kept as spares.

New Flagship Delivered to Costa Crociere

Costa Crociere's new flagship, Costa

Concordia, was delivered by Fincantieri at its Sestri Ponente shipyard in Genoa.

The 112,000-ft. ship is able to carry 3,780 passengers, is the largest cruise ship flying the Italian flag and the biggest European passenger vessel in terms of capacity.

Costa Crociere has invested around $573m in the building of the Costa

Concordia, and the ship includes several 12 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News

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