Tag: dual fuel engines

Matson Navigation Company has confirmed that it will convert the main engine aboard its container ship, ‘Kaimana Hila’, from an MAN B&W S90ME-C10.5 unit to a dual-fuel ME-GI unit capable of running on LNG.

Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. and HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. (HJSC) have ordered seven and two MAN B&W G80ME-LGIM dual-fuel engines in connection with the construction of 9 × 9,000 teu container vessels for HMM Co.

Marine design and engine developer ScandiNAOS AB, Chalmers University of Technology and the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) have launched a project to develop dual-fuel kits for conversion of new and existing diesel engines to methanol operation.

MOL announced that on January 17, a ceremony for the naming and delivery of the Cypress Sun, a dual-fuel methanol carrier that can run on either methanol or conventional heavy fuel oil, was held at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.

HaiSea Marine’s first of 2 dual-fuel escort (LNG & diesel) tugs has been launched at Sanmar Shipyards. At 40m in length and with 100 tonnes of bollard pull, the escort tugs will arrive in British Columbia later this year.

The dual-fuel tanker Fure Valö performed the first voyage on a new Equinor fuel blend containing used cooking oil. It reduces greenhouse gas emissions while, judging from the first test indications, maintaining the same high performance as conventional marine gasoil.

Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded an Approval in Principle (AIP) for a LNG dual fueled and ammonia fuel prepared very large crude carrier (VLCC). The AiP was awarded at a JDP Delivery Ceremony held at DSIC in Dalian on 27 September 2022.

WinGD and Korean engine builder HSD Engine have initiated a Joint Development Project (JDP) to advance the development of WinGD’s methanol-fueled big-bore engines.

On August 19, Jiangnan Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of CSSC, carried out a steel cutting ceremony for the first 7,600CEU LNG dual fuel PCTC for SAIC Anji Logistics.

Guangzhou Shipyard International, delivered the ‘Greenway’, the world’s first LNG dual fuel Suezmax tanker, built for Eastern Pacific Shipping.