Rolls-Royce Announces New Bergen Medium Speed Engine

    LONDON, May 30 The Bergen C25:33 is an entirely new medium
speed diesel engine with wide ranging marine applications which include
propulsion and electric power generation.  It is designed as a compact and
easy to service unit with highly competitive fuel consumption, meeting current
and anticipated future emissions standards.
    Design and development have been carried out as a joint project between
Rolls-Royce and Hyundai Heavy Industries, and six-cylinder technology
demonstrator engines have been operating very successfully on test beds in
Bergen, Norway, and Ulsan, Korea.
    This engine has a bore of 250mm, a long (330mm) stroke, and a rating of
300kW when running at 900-1000rpm.  More than 40 years of experience with
250mm bore diesel and gas engines amassed by the Rolls-Royce reciprocating
engine business has gone into the design and production development of the
C25:33.  Diesel engines with 5, 6, 8 and 9 cylinders in line and 12, 16 and 18
cylinders in V-formation will be manufactured, spanning the power range from
1,200kW to 5,400kW for both marine use and land power generation applications.
For the latter, a spark ignition, gas fuelled, version will also be developed.
    Orders have been received for four marine engines.  They will power a
UT737 offshore support vessel under construction for Island Offshore at
Soeviknes Verft.  Four, nine-cylinder type C25:33L9A engines will generate
electricity for the diesel electric propulsion system.  The same owner has an
option for a further four engines for a similar vessel.

    Notes:
    Rolls-Royce plc is a global company providing power on land, sea and air.
The company has established leading positions in civil aerospace, defence,
marine and energy markets.  Its core gas turbine technology has created one of
the broadest product ranges of aero engines in the world, with 55,000 engines
in service in over 150 countries.  Customers include more than 500 airlines,
2,400 corporate and utility operators and 160 armed forces, using both fixed
and rotary wing aircraft.
    Rolls-Royce is the global leader in marine power systems with a broad
product range and full systems integration capability.  Over 2,000 marine
customers and more than 30 navies use Rolls-Royce propulsion.  The company is
investing in new products and capabilities for energy markets which include
the oil and gas industry and power generation.  It also develops its own power
projects through Rolls-Royce Power Ventures Ltd.
    Rolls-Royce pioneered gas turbine technology for aerospace, power
generation and marine propulsion and is involved in major future programmes in
these fields.  These include the Trent aero and industrial engines, the
Eurofighter Typhoon and Joint Strike Fighter combat engines, the WR21 marine
engine and leading edge water jet propulsion systems.