Krupp MaK Maschinenbau GmbH, Kiel, Germany, recently received orders for nine 6 Mu 452 type engines totaling 11,880 kw to be installed in three pushers of the upper power range. These vessels will all be built at the De Biesbosch shipyard in Holland, and will operate on the Rhine.
Two of the ships were ordered by the Europese Waterweg Transporten (E.W.T.), Rotterdam, each to be equipped with three 6 Mu 452 MaK engines. The output of each engine is 1,320 kw at 500 rpm. The vessels will be used in the pusher service between Rotterdam and Basel.
The third pusher was ordered by B.v. Ertslijn, Rotterdam, and the same type of MaK engine was chosen.