LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Rolls Royce Holdings Plc. (RYCEF.PK, RR.L, RYCEY.PK) Monday said it has received a major order from Chinese locomotive manufacturer CNR Dalian and its local South African Consortium, CNRRSSA, for the delivery of 232 MTU Series 4000 engines. The total contract value is in the range of 100 million euros.
The engines are to be installed in new freight locomotives for South African operator Transnet Freight Rail. The MTU brand is part of Rolls-Royce Power Systems within the Land & Sea division of Rolls-Royce.
The type 20V 4000 R63L engines have an output of 3,300 kilowatts and, as uprated variants of the Series 4000 R43/R53 engines, are the most powerful MTU locomotive engines.
CNR is scheduled to receive the engines between 2015 and 2017. The first 20 engines will be produced in Friedrichshafen and delivered directly to CNR. The remaining engines will be delivered to subsidiary MTU South Africa for final assembly, testing and preparation.
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