- 20/01/2005, Power for Royal New Zealand Navy Patrol Vessels
- The Australian Shipbuilder Tenix Defence has selected MAN B&W’s VP185 and RK280 series engines to power a fleet of Patrol Vessels for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s fleet replacement program.
- 28/08/2004, RK280 for Italian Shipbuilder Fincantieri
- MAN B&W Diesel Ltd have received an order to supply 4 x 20RK280 engines to Italian ship builder Fincantieri who has secured a contract to build a 122 metre monohull fast ferry for Rederi AB Gotland.
- 24/06/2004, RK280 Engines Selected by Hawaii Superferry
- Hawaii Superferry has announced agreement with Austal Ltd to commence construction of the first of two new roll-on roll-off ferries