SPB Delivers Propulsion Systems for Project RT18

SPB Marine supplied marine equipment for the project RT18. This project involves the construction of a series of three tankers by Yaroslavl shipyard JSC.

Supplied equipment kit is a complete propulsion system, which includes marine engines Scania DI12, gearboxes and control systems, shafts and screws.

RT18 was the last project, which use marine engines` model Scania DI12. This model has worked well in Russia on such projects as TH04 and 10/KIP and fully meets the modern requirements of classification. However, Scania constantly improves engines. Currently, instead of model Scania DI12 a new generation of engines comes. It is Scania DI09M and Scania DI13M (five- and six-cylinder machines, capacity of which is 9 and 13 liters, respectively).

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Press Release, June 27, 2014