2-Stroke & 4-Stroke

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Class societies are actively collaborating with yards and manufacturers to ensure successful and timely engine retrofit projects, but there are challenges.

26th June 2023

Retrofit challenges could hamper timely reduction of emissions

26th June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has confirmed that it will upgrade a 48/60 engine to a 51/60 using a low-pressure injection strategy as its first retrofit of a 4-stroke diesel to dual-fuel MeOH.

22nd June 2023

First MAN 48/60 MeOH retrofit will use low-pressure port fuel injection

22nd June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

A.P. Moller – Maersk, the Danish logistics company, has awarded MAN PrimeServ a contract to retrofit the main engines aboard 11 container vessels equipped with MAN B&W 8G95ME-C9.5 prime movers. These will be…

22nd June 2023

Maersk to retrofit 11 container vessels to dual-fuel methanol operation

22nd June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Leading names in the Malaysian maritime sector have forged new global alliances to help drive the development and operation of ammonia-fuelled engines. Through the group’s shipowning and academic entities, MISC Berhad has…

22nd June 2023

Malaysian Group Looks To Ammonia

22nd June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

The conversion of one of the engines on the ro-pax vessel Stena Germanica inspired the initial growth of the market for methanol powered vessels, and Wärtsilä continues to expand its engine and…

15th June 2023

Wärtsilä expands potential for methanol newbuilds and retrofits

15th June 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Ireland’s pre-eminent shipowner, Arklow Shipping, has woven another strand of fleet modernisation and development by investing in a new series of Dutch-built, 6,800dwt mini-bulkers.

13th June 2023

Arklow Backs Lengthened Dutch Design

13th June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Winterthur-based two-stroke engine designer WinGD is adding a variable compression ratio option (VCR) to its engine portfolio, Marcel Ott, General Manager, Application Engineering at WinGD, explained to The Motorship. 

8th June 2023

WinGD launches VCR solution for X-DF engines

8th June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has launched an auxiliary MAN 35/44DF CD type engine. The engine, which has been developed in collaboration with STX Engine, has been developed to meet demand from the container and LNG carrier markets.

7th June 2023

MAN launches new DF genset

7th June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

WinGD and Japanese shipbuilder and technology developer Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of ammonia-fuelled vessels. 

5th June 2023

WinGD inks NH3-fuelled vessel MoU with Mitsubishi

5th June 2023

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

MAN Energy Solutions has been awarded an order to supply the first S60 dual-fuel engines capable of operating on methanol. 

31st May 2023

Landmark Chinese order for MAN ME-LGIM engines

31st May 2023