MSC Shipmanagement Limited of Cyprus and the oil-in-water emulsion fuels company, Quadrise shake hands and inked a Joint Development Agreement in order to carry out an MSAR operational trial on its commercial container vessels.
To remind, MSAR® is a low viscosity oil-in-water emulsified synthetic HFO. It is manufactured using proprietary technology to mix heavy residual oils with small amounts of specialist chemicals and water to a bespoke formulation.
Under their collaboration, the JDA will involve project initiation, definition, high-level scoping and feasibility activities (“Initial Activities”) of the overall Trial.
As explained, the Initial Activities are to be completed within 3 months.
In the first phase of the project, partners will see the testing of MSAR® fuel in a large MAN ME and/or a Wärtsilä/WinGD Flex 2-stroke engine so as to obtain Letter Of No Objection (“LONO”) approvals from the respective engine manufacturers.
In fact, Phase 1 testing may also incorporate testing of QFI’s new bioMSARTM biofuel.
“We believe that MSC’s large modern fleet installed with electronic engines and, in some cases, exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) is well positioned to realise the economic and environmental benefits of MSAR® and bioMSARTM and we look forward to realising the project and getting the trials underway in 2021.”
…Jason Miles, CEO of QFI, said.
In case that the Trial(s) and LONO approval(s) are successful following the first phase and subject to further commercial agreements to be agreed between the parties, the parties would seek to rollout MSAR® fuel, and potentially bioMSARTM, for the MSC global fleet.
“We are particularly interested in the potential environmental benefits of MSAR® and bioMSARTM that, alongside the economic benefits, reflect our approach to operating a modern MSC fleet, and fit well with our overall future fuels strategy.”
… Prabhat Jha, Group MD & CEO of MSC Shipmanagement Ltd, said.
Concluding, the JDA will focus on QFI’s skills in emulsion fuel application and use in large diesel engines, while MSC will contribute its vast shipping industry experience and provide technical expertise relating to naval architecture, machinery systems, fuels, exhaust gas cleaning systems, emissions and technical ship management.
