MAN PrimeServ Signs Notable Maintenance Agreement with
Prominent German Shipping Line
Cooperation spurs EMC maintenance growth; new, internal
cooperation that pools after-sales resources key to success
Copenhagen,
06/05/2013
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
MAN Diesel & Turbo has signed a significant maintenance agreement
with German shipowner Rörd Braren. The EMC (Engine Management
Concept) agreement covers three ships from the German fleet and is the
first such example of this type of agreement in several years. The
company reports that the successful cooperation and knowledge
sharing between its Hamburg and Copenhagen service locations played
a major role in the landing of the agreement.
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MAN PrimeServ – MAN Diesel & Turbo’s after-sales service brand – recently agreed
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a closer, mutual cooperation between its Hamburg and Copenhagen hubs covering
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the EMC. The new arrangement between the two locations immediately bore fruit with
Rörd Braren signing an agreement for the servicing of electronically controlled MAN
B&W 6S40ME-B two-stroke prime movers aboard three ships. The EMC provides
tailor-made service solutions, for all customers operating power plants or ships.
Dr. Tilmann Greiner, Head of PrimeServ Hamburg, said: “It is the first EMC order for
us since market activity ground to a halt back in 2008 but, together with the many,
other EMC agreements we already had here in Germany, it shows that this concept is
finally about to gain a foothold in what is a difficult market.”
New thinking
The idea behind the link-up was to gather common resources and exchange
knowledge in several, vital areas, which has now led to the creation of an open forum
for technology, employees and processes. As a result, PrimeServ can offer customers
a substantially higher service level during the course of an EMC contract than any
single PrimeServ service centre would have been able to offer by itself.
In this respect, PrimeServ Copenhagen offers expertise within the area of
electronically-controlled ME-B engines as well as a comprehensive understanding of
maintenance, such as CBM (Condition Based Maintenance). Similarly, the Hamburg
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hub offers comprehensive know-how within the area of refurbishment at its expansive
workshop facilities located close to Rörd Braren headquarters.
EMC
The EMC is a tailor-made service model that is customised to suit each individual
customer’s special requirements. In Rörd Brarens’ case, the EMC agreement will
boosts the shipowner’s technical organisation, enabling the company to increase its
knowledge and improve its fleet’s productivity and availability.
MAN Diesel & Turbo reports the adoption of the EMC is a paradigm change within
maintenance as, traditionally, shipowners have taken care of maintenance themselves
in what is generally a very conservative industry. However Greiner warned that the
greatest threat to continued success was to not continuously develop the concept.
The maintenance concept is characterised by a close cooperation between MAN
PrimeServ’s global network, something Greiner describes as “an essential
prerequisite for success.” He continued: “This close relationship means that we can
pool common resources and exchange knowledge, and are able to offer customers a
considerably higher level of service than individual hubs would have been able to
alone.”
Dr. Tilmann Greiner, Head of MAN PrimeServ, Hamburg
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About MAN Diesel & Turbo
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, based in Augsburg, Germany, is the world’s leading provider of large-bore diesel engines and
turbomachinery for marine and stationary applications. It designs two-stroke and four-stroke engines that are manufactured
both by the company and by its licensees. The engines have power outputs ranging from 450 kW to 87 MW. MAN Diesel &
Turbo also designs and manufactures gas turbines of up to 50 MW, steam turbines of up to 150 MW and compressors with
volume flows of up to 1.5 million m³/h and pressures of up to 1,000 bar. The product range is rounded off by turbochargers,
propellers, gas engines and chemical reactors. MAN Diesel & Turbo’s range of goods includes complete marine propulsion
systems, turbomachinery units for the oil & gas as well as the process industries and turnkey power plants. Customers
receive worldwide after-sales services marketed under the MAN PrimeServ brand. The company employs around 15,000
staff at more than 100 international sites, primarily in Germany, Denmark, France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, India
and China. MAN Diesel & Turbo is a company in the Power Engineering business area of MAN SE.
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