Moto ya Marine Diesel ifite imikorere yubushyuhe bwinshi, ubukungu bwiza, byoroshye gutangira, kandi byoroshye guhuza ubwoko butandukanye bwubwato. Nyuma yo gutangiza, bahise bafatwa nkimbaraga nyamukuru zidasanzwe kumato. Mu myaka ya za 1950, moteri ya mazutu yari yarasimbuye burundu moteri ya Steam mu mato akurikira kandi ariho isoko y'ibanze ku mato ya gisivili, amato mato n'abiciriritse, ndetse n'amatako aciriritse. Ukurikije uruhare rwabo mu mato, barashobora gushyirwa mu rwego rwa moteri nyamukuru n'i moteri ifasha. Moteri nkuru ikoreshwa mumodoka yo ubwato, mugihe ibijyanye na moteri yubufasha, cyangwa pompe y'amazi, nibindi. Muri rusange, bigabanyijemo moteri yihuta, hamwe na mazutu yihuta.
Amashanyarazi icumi ya mbere yisi arimo Deutz akubiyemo Deutz avuye mu Budage), umugabo w'Ubudage, Umunyamerika Matebi, Ikidage Mitsubiller, Ikidage Toterpin Daewoo, Yanmar Yanmar