New MCMVs for Indonesian Navy to be equipped with MAN 12V175D-MM engines
12 February 2021
by Gabriel Dominguez
German company MAN Energy Solutions announced on 10 February that it has secured a contract from shipbuilder Abeking & Rasmussen to equip the two mine-countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) ordered for the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) in late January 2019 with MAN 12V175D-MM engines.
A computer-generated image of the two MCMVs that German shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen is building for the Indonesian Navy. Each vessel will be equipped with two MAN 12V175D-MM engines. (Via MAN Energy Solutions)
The company said in a statement that it will provide each of the 62 m-long vessels with two such engines to deliver 2,220 kW at 1,900 rpm; an MAN Alpha controllable-pitch, twin screw-propeller system, including Alphatronic 3000 propulsion-control system for efficient and flexible manoeuvring; and an AKA hybrid power take-in system for silent operation while mine hunting (slow speed with pure electric propulsion).