Mercury Marine informs it has fixed a supply agreement along with FPT Industrial to make the FPT 6. 7L mechanically energy injected NEF engines available for purchase in global markets.
Charlie Bass, Mercury Marine vp of global category management, stated, “This partnership with FPT allows Mercury Marine to build up market awareness of the new product’s value proposition in worldwide markets that we don’t have the presence in yet. ” He added, “This mid-range expansion will support the requirements of a predominantly commercial marketplaces globally. ”
The six. 7L diesel engine, brand Mercury Diesel, offers energy for single application (22’ to 30’) sterndrive as well as inboard boats such as traveler ferries, taxi boats along with other government applications, as well as double applications such as passenger ferries, taxi boats, boats together with water jet propulsion and also displacement trawlers (30’-50’).
The actual 6. 7L midrange motor will become available in the marketplace within the first quarter of 2016, following its official release at the 2016 China Worldwide Boat show in Shanghai in china.