Eurodam’s Engines — More Power, Fewer Emissions

One of Eurodam’s main 12-cylinder engines is ready for shipment to the shipyard in Marghera, Italy, from the MaK factory in Rostock, Germany.

In this era of podded propulsion technology, a cruise ship’s engines don’t turn propellers; they are used to generate electricity. Eurodam is being equipped with the very latest in diesel engine technology.

The ship will derive its power from four 12-cylinder V-type and two eight-cylinder in-line engines, manufactured by Germany’s Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. These MaK brand engines are turbocharged, fuel-injected machines with Flexible Camshaft Technology that reduce visible smoke and nitrogen oxide emissions to levels below International Maritime Organization regulations.

The engines are capable of producing 1,000 kilowatts of electricity per cylinder, with a total output of 64 megawatts. Compared to the engines on the Vista-class ships, the MaKs have larger exhaust gas boilers that improve waste-heat recovery in the process that uses exhaust gases to produce steam.