MARINE PROPULSIONMARINE PROPULSIONCaterpillar Caterpillar for Vessel Driving Powerfor Vessel Driving PowerCaterpillar’s complete system solutions strategyBy Peter Pospiechaterpillar Motoren is a Ger- ery of low emission marine engines for transferred from Kiel to Rostock. their function,” said Schöffel. “What has man-American success story,” the cruise industry earned great respect Since then medium speed four-stroke started in 1851 with the very ? rst Ger-were the opening words of by shipping owners and passengers.” engines in the power range of 6,000 to man sea-going steel steamer at the river COswald Schöffel, CEO of the 16,800 kW are manufactured at the site Warnow, will be continued by Caterpil-Caterpaillar Motoren GmbH, Kiel, Ger- in Rostock-Warnemünde. To guarantee a lar Motoren Rostock GmbH.”Collaboratoin Nears many, in welcoming guests and select long term growth strategy for large diesel Two Decadesmedia to the Caterpillar Motoren Kiel fa- and gas engines, the plant has been ex-New Developments In 1997 Caterpillar Inc., headquartered cilities earlier this summer for a product in Peoria, Illinois, acquired the former tended by four halls. Today, the Rostock It was Dr. Frank Starke, Global Prod-presentation of the latest developments Krupp MaK Maschinenbau GmbH, Kiel Engine Center ranks among the most uct Manager, Medium Speed Engines, “in MaK Medium Speed Engines. “The (MaK) and changed the name into Cat-modern manufacturing plants in Europe.who opened the product presentation company has grown continually during erpillar Motoren GmbH. Only two years The 22,500 sq. m. plant is responsible with the words: ”For every challenge, the recent years and has gained with its for the assembly, testing, painting and there is a suitable solution.” Caterpillar later the company extended the Kiel site innovative products a very good position delivery of the engine types VM32C, Marine, which includes the MaK marine and acquired additional parts of the tra-in the market segments of the shipping ditional company Dieselmotorenwerk M43C and VM43C as well as the gas en-engine range manufactured at Caterpil-industry, stationary power generation as gines GCM34, mainly manufactured for lar Motoren facilities in Germany, China Rostock (DMR). In the year 2000, after well as in the oil and gas industry. This the oil market.and Brazil, is responding with a num-just 12 month of work and improvements also applies for and speci? cally for our of the test stand capacities, the manufac-“Marine engines out of Kiel and Ros-ber of new developments, including the sites in Kiel and Rostock, which has, be-turing of the biggest Caterpillar engine tock nowadays are on the high seas all M32E engine for diesel-electric drive, side others, with construction and deliv-series, MaK M43, has been completely over the world and they reliably perform the M25E engine and three dual fuel op-Image above: Assembly hall of Caterpillar-MaK in Kiel.46 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • SEPTEMBER 2014MR #9 (40-49).indd 46 MR #9 (40-49).indd 46 9/3/2014 11:39:48 AM9/3/2014 11:39:48 AM