Marinvest, the Swedish ship-management company, announced that its ‘Mari Jone’ and ‘Mari Boyle’, two of the first vessels fueled by dual-fuel ME-LGI (Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) engines operating on methanol, have each passed 10,000 operating hours on the alternative fuel.
Additionally, its combined ME-LGI-powered fleet has passed a total of 50,000 operating hours on methanol.
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The two methanol tankers are managed on timecharters for Waterfront Shipping and operate worldwide, providing an uninterrupted flow of methanol between storage terminals and customer plants.
Commenting on the development, Bjarne Foldager – Senior Vice President, Head of Two-Stroke Business at MAN Energy Solutions, said that:
The successful passing of this significant milestone is testament to the ME-LGI’s strong concept, and indeed the strength of our dual-fuel portfolio as a whole. With well over 250 sales within MAN Energy Solutions’ entire portfolio of low-speed, dual-fuel engines – all running on clean fuels such as methanol, LPG or LNG – this new achievement stands testament to our leadership within a critical market segment
Moreover, René Sejer Laursen – Sales & Promotion Manager, MAN Energy Solutions, noted that when introducing methanol as a two-stroke marine fuel, the company faced the usual teething problems, including addressing the liner lubrication because of methanol’s potentially corrosive behaviour.
