Deutz Power for New Coastal Freighter

The harbour tug Marte has a 1,285kW Deutz 628 driving Schottel propulsion.

Six cylinder engines from the ubiquitous Deutz 628 series have been chosen as the main drive for a new type of ship, the Crescent Rhine river carrier, a coastal freighter which was built at the Bodewes Scheepswerf Volharding Foxhol BV in Waterhuizen, Germany.

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