MAN PrimeServ, MAN Diesel & Turbo’s after-sales division, announced that it has signed an EMC maintenance contract with the Turkish container operator Arkas Shipping and Transport.
The EMC is a tailor-made service model, in which MAN PrimeServ manages the equipment, maintenance, dispatching of personnel, and the provision of spare parts.
According to the agreement, this regards the maintenance of the 2,586 TEU container carrier, the ‘MCC Mandalay’. It also covers the provision of spare parts, maintenance management and the servicing of the vessel’s MAN B&W 6G60ME main engine, in cooperation with Arkas’ on-board crew.
Furthermore, MAN Diesel & Turbo, Copenhagen will provide maintenance management and spare parts, while other MAN PrimeServ hubs will be responsible for the service provision for the engines.
Ali Ibrahim Kontaytekin, General Manager of Arkas Fleet, and Jens Seeberg, Head of Retrofit – Upgrade & Engine Management – PrimeServ Copenhagen, stated that this agreement will promote the collaboration between the two companies in the future.
