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15/10/2015at 15:23

This is MAN Diesel & Turbo's Norwegian headache

For years MAN Diesel & Turbo was tampering with data related to its engines' fuel consumption. Several cases have been settled with deceived customers, but one carrier has yet to settle.
BY JOHANNES HARTKOPF-MIKKELSEN

MAN Diesel & Turbo has knowingly manipulated fuel consumption data from marine diesel engines in at least 92 cases in the period from 2006 to 2011. According to MAN Diesel & Turbo, the company has managed to settle cases with all affected customers except for one - Norwegian gas tanker carrier I.M. Skaugen, which has ongoing lawsuits again MAN for around USD 50 million in total.

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