WinGD

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD is to supply four dual-fuel engines, giving Polaris Shipping flexibility between methanol and ethanol for future vessels

14th September 2026

WinGD secures flexible-fuel Newcastlemax order

14th September 2026

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

WinGD has secured a contract to supply main engines for 12 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) being built for Dynacom at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China, supporting the delivery of a new generation of fuel-efficient and regulation-ready tanker vessels.

3rd July 2026

WinGD secures major VLCC order

3rd July 2026

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD has completed another factory acceptance test (FAT) for its ammonia-fuelled two-stroke marine engine, marking further progress towards the commercial deployment of ammonia propulsion in the shipping industry.

21st May 2026

WinGD advances ammonia engine testing

21st May 2026

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Belgian shipping company EXMAR has marked a major industry milestone with the naming of what it describes as the world’s first ocean-going ammonia dual fuel mid-size gas carriers, signalling a significant step…

10th April 2026

EXMAR names ammonia dual-fuel carriers

10th April 2026

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

A new joint study by WinGD and Envision Energy suggests that green ammonia could become a cost-competitive fuel for global shipping under moderate regulatory conditions.

30th March 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Green ammonia nears cost parity

30th March 2026

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

WinGD has completed world-first approval and acceptance testing of its two-stroke X52DF-A-1.0 ammonia engine, advancing vessel power solutions supporting alternative fuels and maritime decarbonisation.

2nd March 2026

Ammonia propulsion reaches commercial milestone

2nd March 2026

LNG

LNG

Rene Baart, head of retrofit solutions at WinGD, writes:At WinGD, we spend a lot of time looking ahead – at future fuels, new engine concepts and long-term decarbonisation pathways. But we are…

19th December 2025

Why Variable Compression Ratio technology is a practical retrofit path to 2030

19th December 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD has presented its first high-pressure LNG dual-fuel engine, the X-DF-HP, designed for the demanding operating patterns of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs).

3rd December 2025

WinGD unveils high-pressure LNG dual-fuel engine for ULCV

3rd December 2025

REGULATION

REGULATION

Compliance with new MARPOL and local regulations is a constant driver for emission control technologies and added to that complex mix are the advent of new fuels aimed at solving one problem…

20th November 2025

Ensuring cleaner operation amid regulation

20th November 2025

LNG

LNG

It can be a debatable point as to whether liquefied natural gas (LPG), which has methane as its principal constituent, can really be counted as a ‘future fuel’. It is relatively widely…

13th October 2025

Industry tackles methane slip issues with LNG engines

13th October 2025

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

From the early days of talk of ‘big data’ in maritime, maintenance of machinery in general and engines in particular has been seen as the main area of application. Through OEM maintenance…

13th October 2025

Predictive maintenance gains traction with AI tipped as the future

13th October 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD has tested ethanol as a fuel since 2016 and today is in discussions for commercial newbuild and retrofit engine applications to be delivered from 2027.

1st October 2025

WinGD readies for ethanol as fuel

1st October 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

WinGD and Hanwha Engine have unveiled what they say is the world’s first LNG carrier engine using Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) technology.

2nd September 2025

A milestone in VCR engine technology

2nd September 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD has become the first engine designer to join the Methane Abatement in Maritime Innovation Initiative (MAMII), marking a significant expansion of the coalition’s cross-sector efforts to address methane emissions from LNG-fuelled…

2nd September 2025

WinGD joins MAMII

2nd September 2025

METHANOL

METHANOL

The benefits of using the Diesel cycle for WinGD’s X-DF-M dual-fuel methanol engines have been demonstrated by first deliveries for COSCO’s latest container ship series.

18th August 2025

Diesel cycle simplifies dual-fuel methanol 2-stroke design

18th August 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD has marked a major milestone in maritime decarbonisation, reportedly becoming the first engine designer to bring an ammonia-fuelled two-stroke engine to market.

16th July 2025

WinGD unveils first NH3 marine engine

16th July 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD has been involved with marine engine innovation for some time, focusing on future fuels but also with refining engines running on existing fuels such as LNG as seen with its Variable…

26th June 2025

WinGD’s advances in VCR, alternative fuels and methane slip reduction

26th June 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD has secured a significant contract to supply more than 30 methanol-capable engines for a major Taiwanese container ship operator, underlining growing demand for alternative fuel solutions.

25th June 2025

WinGD powers Taiwanese methanol shift

25th June 2025

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

WinGD is to supply its X-DF-A ammonia-fuelled engine designs for four new medium gas carriers to be built by South Korea’s HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for Trafigura.

12th June 2025

WinGD powers Trafigura ammonia fleet

12th June 2025

AMMONIA

AMMONIA

Alfa Laval has confirmed an order for the world’s first marine boiler system capable of safely incinerating ammonia emissions, marking a significant milestone in maritime decarbonisation.

10th June 2025

Alfa Laval in world’s first marine boiler system for ammonia waste incineration

10th June 2025