Xyoo 1980 MAN tau txais Burmeister & Wain Danish shipyard thiab diesel cav tsim tawm. Txawm hais tias lub cav tsim khoom ntawm Christianshavn raug txiav tawm hauv xyoo 1987, kev ua haujlwm zoo ntawm lub cav tau dov tawm. Ntawm Teglholmen hauv 1988 tau tsim cov khoom seem thiab cov khoom tseem ceeb ntawm cov khoom tsim, raws li yog ib qho chaw R & D ntawm tib qhov chaw hauv xyoo 1992. Txawm hais tias tag nrho cov haujlwm Copenhagen tau sib sau ua ke ntawm Teglholmen hauv 1994 thiab qhov kawg ntim ntim khoom ntawm B&W Shipyard tau xa hauv. Xyoo 1996, xyoo 2000 MAN B&W Diesel ob-stroke diesel cav muaj ntau dua 70% kev lag luam sib koom, nrog ntau tus lej ntawm MC-kab cav ntawm kev txiav txim.