2-Stroke and 4-Stroke – Page 6
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NewsExmar orders pair of 46,000cbm gas carriers with WinGD X-DF-A engines
Exmar LPG, a joint venture between Exmar and Seapeak, has confirmed that a pair of 46,000 cbm gas carriers on order at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea will be powered by WinGD’s ammonia-fuelled X-DF-A engines.
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NewsHigh-speed gensets for hybrid-electric cable-layer vessel
Vard, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialised vessels, has ordered 4 × MAN 12V175D-MEM gensets in connection with the building of a new purpose-built, cable-laying vessel (CLV) for NCT Offshore, a Denmark-based subsea specialist. The gensets will form part of the vessel’s diesel-electric DP2 propulsion system, which also includes a hybrid battery package.
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NewsCMB.TECH wins first orders for marine DF hydrogen-fuelled gensets
CMB.TECH, the Belgium-based engine developer, has announced that it has received the first order for the world’s first dual-fuel hydrogen gensets for marine applications. The engines will be built in collaboration with Netherlands-based engine builder DBR, which will be responsible for the construction and delivery of the dual-fuel hydrogen gensets.
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NewsMAN ES joins maritime H2-fuelled 4-stroke engine concept project
MAN Energy Solutions has announced that it is joining a research project to jointly develop 4-stroke hydrogen-fuelled marine engine concepts.
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NewsMAN ES inks Spire Digitalisation deal, targets expanded services
MAN Energy Solutions has selected Spire Global, Inc., a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, to provide weather data and real-time automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data.
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NewsSeafarer training undergoing its own new fuels transition
Methanol is making its way into IGF Code training programs, but there’s a broader evolution underway for STCW training.
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NewsHybrid-Electric LNGC Design Presents Net-Zero Pathways
At Gastech 2023, Shell unveiled its new modular hybrid electric LNG carrier design together with CSSC Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding and Wärtsilä
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NewsFirst reference for Wärtsilä 25DF engine on luxury cruise series
Wärtsilä has announced that it will supply the first reference for its new Wärtsilä 25DF dual-fuel engine for a series of sail-assisted luxury cruise newbuildings. The series of vessels are being built at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique (CdA) shipyard in France for Orient Express Silenseas, part of French hospitality group, Accor.
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NewsMES announces first domestic G80ME-LGIM order from Japanese shipyard
MITSUI E&S Co., Ltd. (MES) has announced that it will supply a methanol-fuelled Mitsui-MAN B&W 80-bore engine to a series of vessels on order at Japanese shipyard Tsuneishi. The order represents the first domestic reference for a Mitsui-MAN B&W G80ME-LGIM engine from a Japanese-owned shipyard.
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NewsFirst AiP for WinGD’s X-DF-A engine
Swiss marine power company WinGD has secured the first ever approval in principle (AiP) for two‑stroke engines fuelled with ammonia. Lloyd’s Register awarded the AiP to WinGD’s X-DF-A dual-fuel range.
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NewsFirst reference for MAN MeOH-fuelled gensets on PCTC series
In a first for MAN Energy Solutions, its dual-fuel MAN 21/31 DF-M gensets have been specified for two pure car and truck carriers for Chinese ship owner China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES). The methanol-fuelled vessels will also feature MAN B&W ME-LGIM prime movers.
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PodcastPODCAST: MAN ES’ Foldager expects demand for ME-LGIM engine to soar
Bjarne Foldager, Senior Vice President & Head of Two-stroke Business at MAN Energy Solutions discusses surging demand for its methanol-fuelled ME-LGIM engine.
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NewsBulk carrier design aims for 40-year lifetime
ÈTA Shipping and global commodity group Mercuria are collaborating on a series of shortsea bulk carriers that will be diesel electric in their initial configuration, but with containerised gensets on deck, they will be readily adaptable to new fuels and new technologies over their lifetime.
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NewsMarket Uptake For Diesel-Electric Coaster
An opening contract has been secured by Dutch shipbuilder Thecla Bodewes for a new generation of short-sea cargo vessel powered by a multi-genset diesel-electric plant.
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NewsHiMSEN wins first H32DF-LM order from Japanese shipyard
Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine & Machinery Division (HHI-EMD) has announced it will supply a methanol-fuelled HiMSEN engine package to a series of vessels on order at Tsuneishi’s Zhoushan shipyard. The order represents the first reference for HiMSEN’s H32DF-LM engines from a Japanese-owned shipyard.
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NewsWinGD collaborates with KSS Line for NH3-fuelled gas carriers
WinGD has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea-based gas and petrochemicals transportation specialist KSS Line to explore the use of X-DF-A engines for future newbuild projects. The companies will focus on 52cm- and 62cm-bore versions of the dual-fuel ammonia engines, suitable for midsize and very large gas carriers (VLGC).
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NewsWinGD to add more bore sizes to X-DF-M platform
WinGD plans to extend the choice of methanol dual-fuel engines available to shipowners, completing the range of bore sizes ranging from 520mm up 920mm by the end of 2027, the engine designer announced during a webinar on 19 September.
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NewsAiP for NH3-fuelled SCR design using ammonia as reductant
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) received an approval in principle (AIP) from ABS for an ammonia reductant supply system for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) in ammonia-fuelled ships.
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NewsMAN ES stresses need for common NH3 standards
MAN Energy Solutions is understood to have expressed concern to IACS, the International Association of Classification Societies, about the lack of a set of unified requirements relating to ammonia-fuelled engines and their supporting infrastructure.
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NewsNaming ceremony for MeOH-fuelled Laura Maersk in Copenhagen
A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) held a formal naming ceremong for its first vessel that will operate on green methanol. The newbuild methanol-fuelled 2,100teu container feeder, Laura Maersk, was named in a ceremony hosted in the Port of Copenhagen on 15 September.
