Cat and MaK Propulsion Engines

Engine uptime is critical for you, your crew, your clients and your bottom line. That's why Cat and MaK propulsion engines power your vessel to any port. The industry's largest range of engines provide the reliability you need. Caterpillar Marine Power Systems ensure that you have an engine on board that will work as hard as you do.

Below is a list of the current propulsion engines for both the Cat and MaK brands. However, Caterpillar is committed to providing information for the "legacy" marine engines which were manufactured throughout the past 80 years but are no longer manufactured in Caterpillar facilities. For out of production propulsion engine models click here.

  Units:
bhp | kW
bhp | kW
Cat Propulsion Engines
Model Rating
3056
125 - 205
93 - 153

 
C7
250 - 370
187 - 276

 
C7 ACERT
455
339

 
C9 ACERT
503 - 567
375 - 423

 
C12
340 - 600
254 - 448

 
C12 ACERT
660 - 705
492 - 526

 
C15 ACERT
800 - 853
597 - 636

 
C18
454 - 1001
339 - 747

 
3508C
775 - 1100
578 - 820

 
C18 ACERT
454 - 1136
339 - 847

 
3508
705 - 1150
526 - 857

 
3508B
775 - 1500
578 - 1118

 
C32
1100 - 1652
820 - 1232

 
3512
1207 - 1750
900 - 1305

 
C32 ACERT
660 - 1800
492 - 1342

 
3516
1603 - 2200
1195 - 1640

 
3512B
1100 - 2250
820 - 1678

 
3512C
1500 - 2551
1119 - 1902

 
C280-6
2320 - 2722
1730 - 2030

 
3516B
1650 - 3000
1230 - 2237

 
3516C
2000 - 3386
1492 - 2525

 
C280-8
3084 - 3634
2300 - 2710

 
C280-12
4640 - 5444
3460 - 4060

 
C280-16
6169 - 7268
4600 - 5420

 
  Units:
bhp | kW
bhp | kW
MaK Propulsion Engines
Model Rating
M 20 C
1390 - 2330
1020 - 1710

 
M 25 C
2450 - 4080
1800 - 3000

 
M 32 C
3920 - 6120
2880 - 4500

 
VM 32 C
7830 - 10880
5760 - 8000

 
M 43 C
7340 - 12240
5400 - 9000

 
VM 43 C
14690 - 21760
10800 - 16000

 
M 46 DF
7340 - 11010
5400 - 8100