Tognum supplies ships engines to Angola

• Contract volume of approximately €20 million
• 142 propulsion systems and genset engines for new Angolan fishing fleet

The Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen is to supply a total of 142 propulsion systems and genset engines for 81 fishing vessels owned by the Angolan government. The contract volume amounts to approximately €20 million.
Dr. Salomao Xirimbimbi, the Angolan Minister for Fisheries, recently visited Friedrichshafen and was impressed by the excellent features of mtu’s engines. He emphasized that the contract was awarded to mtu because of confidence in mtu engines as well as the outstanding service provided by the company. The engines destined for Angola are of the Series S60, 2000 and 4000.
Angola is investing more than €200 million in the national fisheries and maritime surveillance. The Angolan fishery sector declined following the country’s independence in 1975, but today there are plans to build approximately 600 new fishing vessels. In addition to the primary application in the fishing fleet, these advanced engines for working ships will also be used in fishery-protection, cargo and multi-purpose vessels.

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Tognum

Tognum is one of the world’s leading suppliers of high speed diesel engines and complete propulsion systems for ships, heavy land and rail vehicles and of industrial drive systems as well as decentralized power plants, set-up in the two divisions mtu Engines and Tognum Onsite Energy Systems and Components.
Its product portfolio includes diesel engines in the power range from 20 to 9,100 kW, gas engine systems, gas turbines and fuel cells and is one of the most modern and comprehensive in its sector. In addition, the group develops and manufactures custom-made electronic control and monitoring systems for its engines and propulsion systems.
Sales of the Tognum Group amounted to EUR 2.5 billion in 2006. Today the Group employs more han 7,800 personnel worldwide. It maintains a global sales and distribution network including 16 subsidiaries, more than 130 distribution partners and 1,100 authorized dealers.