Yuchai International was founded in 1951 and is the largest subsidiary of Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Group Co, with more than 9,000 employees and an annual engine production of more than 700,000 units across seven production sites.

The company has a large R&D department and aims to be an industry leader in its engine development.

"We're delighted to be able to offer Yuchai engines in addition to our already comprehensive range," said Mermaid Marine sales manager Julian Osborne.

"Yuchai is a very well-respected company with a philosophy of continual diesel engine development using more environmentally friendly technologies; it's committed to providing cleaner, greener engines that are high-tech and energy saving with high fuel efficiency and low maintenance and repair costs."

The engines are solid, reliable and robust making them the ideal choice for heavy duty commercial marine applications where reliability, fuel efficiency, low noise and low emissions are key. Characteristics also include high strength, high torque and high adaptability.

The Yuchai engines available from Mermaid Marine range in power from 40kW – 1176kW both as propulsion and auxiliary engines.

Other engine brands represented by Mermaid Marine include JCB, AGCO Power (Sisu), Kohler, Lombardini Marine, FPT and FNM.

The company also specialises in rebuilding Ford Mermaid engines.

Mermaid Marine is on stand PY109