In placing this ambitious order, APL aligns itself with other significant containership owners such as Hapag Lloyd, NVA, OOCL, NYK and K-Line who have also selected MAN B&W K98ME-C engines with electronic controls. The 14 cylinder engine has been specially developed to meet APL’s demanding operational and environmental requirements.

The MAN B&W ME-C engines are very environmentally friendly. Their advanced, electronic user interface is intuitive and monitors engine performance, allowing precise adjustment of the economy vital variables of lubricating oil and fuel. This electronic control of fuel injection and exhaust valves, which is optimal at all steady and transient loads, leads to lower fuel consumption, lower cylinder oil consumption and improved emission characteristics with smokeless operation at any load, and low NOBxB and soot values.

The new engine can optionally be changed over to different low emission modes where its NOBxB exhaust emission can be reduced below IMO limits if necessary due to local emission regulations. Smoke values for the most recent generation of MAN B&W engines are so low that exhaust plumes are typically invisible. The Alpha Lubricator also comes as standard, ensuring a very low lube oil consumption that in turn reduces particulate emissions.