Real-world test­ing: A new gen­er­a­tion of Perkins marine engines at the Port of Rijeka

A new gen­er­a­tion of Perkins marine engines is enter­ing oper­a­tional test­ing at the Port of Rije­ka and BU Pow­er Sys­tems, the autho­rised Perkins dis­trib­u­tor, is proud to sup­port this sig­nif­i­cant project.

While such upgrades are typ­i­cal­ly part of ongo­ing fleet invest­ments, this col­lab­o­ra­tion between the Port of Rije­ka and Perkins, a Cater­pil­lar com­pa­ny, stands out. Two of the port’s moor­ing and unmoor­ing ves­sels will soon be equipped with new­ly devel­oped Perkins diesel engines. Fol­low­ing exten­sive fac­to­ry test­ing, they are now enter­ing a one-year oper­a­tional tri­al under real-world port conditions.

Miroslav Ćir­ić, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor of BU Pow­er Sys­tems from Viško­vo, explains:

“These 200 hp diesel engines have been designed in full com­pli­ance with the lat­est envi­ron­men­tal reg­u­la­tions, par­tic­u­lar­ly regard­ing exhaust emis­sions, and are intend­ed specif­i­cal­ly for work­boat appli­ca­tions. Fol­low­ing exten­sive fac­to­ry test­ing, the Port of Rijeka’s moor­ing and unmoor­ing ves­sels were iden­ti­fied as the per­fect part­ner and test plat­form, allow­ing per­for­mance eval­u­a­tion under all oper­at­ing conditions.”

Robert Sti­jel­ja, Head of the Moor­ing and Unmoor­ing Ser­vice at the Port of Rije­ka, adds:

“We are proud that the Port of Rijeka’s Moor­ing and Unmoor­ing Ser­vice has been recog­nised by the glob­al­ly renowned Cater­pil­lar Marine Pow­er, and that our work­boats have been select­ed to test the oper­a­tional per­for­mance of this new gen­er­a­tion of diesel engines. We believe this coop­er­a­tion will fur­ther enhance our oper­a­tional effi­cien­cy and con­tribute to the con­tin­ued opti­mi­sa­tion of our ser­vices across all port basins, from Raša to the LNG ter­mi­nal in Omišalj.”

The Port of Rije­ka oper­ates a fleet of eight ves­sels, car­ry­ing out over 1,800 oper­a­tions per year. This envi­ron­ment offers the ide­al con­di­tions to test and val­i­date the new engine tech­nol­o­gy in dai­ly use a prac­ti­cal step towards more sus­tain­able and effi­cient marine operations.

Source: NOVI LIST