Tag: MAN Diesel and Turbo

Five 85,000 cu.m Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs) will each be powered by a single MAN B&W 6G60ME-GI main engine.

 MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (MAN) announced that it has signed an agreement with Wessels Reederei GmbH & Co. KG (Wessels Reederei) for the conversion of the shipping company's 1,000 TEU container ship Wes Amelie to LNG capable dual-fuel operation.MAN claims that vessel's retrofit of the 8L48/60B main engine is '' the first such retrofit to be performed on a containership in the world.'' MAN also states that through running on LNG, the Wes Amelie will drastically reduce emissions of sulphur oxide by over 99%, nitrogen oxide by approximately 90%, and carbon dioxide by up to 20%.Due to the long delivery time of LNG tanks, the engine retrofit will commence in Q4 2016. Full operational usage of LNG as fuel is planned for early December, 2016.Dr. Thomas Spindler, Head of Upgrades & Retrofits – MAN PrimeServ Four-Stroke – MAN Diesel & Turbo, said: “We are very excited about the signing of this contract and view its potential for broader adoption within the maritime sector as significant. We enjoy an excellent cooperation with Wessels and commend their willingness to adopt our dual-fuel technology.”Wessels has earlier stated that the project will promote the demand for LNG as a fuel within the maritime industry ...

Nakilat, in association with Qatari LNG producers Qatargas and RasGas Company Limited and engine manufacturer MAN Diesel & Turbo, recently celebrated the success of the ME-GI project.The project involved retrofitting chartered Q-Max vessel, Rasheeda, with a gas-burning M-Type Electronically Controlled – Gas Injection (ME-GI) System, which has now been successfully commissioned.The Qatari-owned Q-Max vessel is the world’s first low-speed marine diesel engine to be converted to use LNG as a fuel. The retrofit modification meets the current known and future stated global emissions regulations.Nakilat’s Rasheeda built in 2010 is a 266,000 m3 LNG carrier with two MAN B&W S70ME-C HFO-burning engines, which have been converted to the dual-fuel ME-GI concept. The shipyard operator Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) carried out the ship’s conversion at its Erhama bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard facilities in the major Qatari port of Ras Laffan Industrial City.The project collaborators, including MAN PrimeServ, installed the ME-GI system on the vessel at the Erhama bin Jaber Al Jalahma shipyard in Qatar in June 2015. The partner for the ME-GI fuel supply system is TGE.Christian Ludwig, Head of Retrofit and Upgrades, MAN PrimeServ, said: “This is a fantastic milestone in our company’s history. It is a lighthouse project, ...

 At a signing ceremony in Anqing, Anhui province on 8 October 2015, CSSC Marine Power Co., Ltd. (CMP) renewed its contract with MAN Diesel & Turbo for another 10 years of production of four-stroke medium speed engines.CMP is an engine-manufacturing division of the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), one of the largest Chinese shipbuilders. The new agreement marks the renewal and continuation of a cooperation that first started in the 1980s.Mr. Zhang Haisen, Chairman of CSSC Marine Power Co., Ltd. - said: “The extension of the four-stroke licence agreement between CMP and MAN Diesel & Turbo is a tribute to the very first licence we bonded 35 years ago. Furthermore, the comprehensive cooperation scope refers not only to four-stroke diesel engines, but also to two-stroke low speed engines, CPP propellers, turbochargers, and SCR systems. CSSC values MAN Diesel & Turbo as its premium partner, and sincerely expects to continue this important business partnership to another 35-year milestone.”Klaus Engberg – Senior Vice President and Head of Two-Stroke Licensing –said: "We have enjoyed a long, close cooperation with CSSC/CMP that stretches all the way back to 1980, and over the years CMP has produced a broad range of MAN four-stroke engines, but ...

 German shipping management company Wessels Reederei GmbH, in collaboration with engine manufacturer MAN Diesel & Turbo and gas specialist TGW Marine Gas Engineering, have been investigating over two years the main engine conversion options for propulsion systems, determining the best option was to transition from heavy fuel oil to low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG). Now a government grant from the Federal ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) will enable the retrofit to go ahead.Wessels was honored by Enak Ferlemann, Parliamentary State Secretary BMVI with a seven-figure government grant for retrofitting their container ship “WES AMELIE” (1,000 TEU), making the ship the first of its kind worldwide to be converted to an LNG propulsion system, the press release states. Funding was provided through the Mobility and Fuel Strategy federal program which promotes the maritime use of LNGs as an environmentally friendly fuel. Through the utilization of LNG, the pollutant emissions will be drastically reduced (sulfur oxide (SOx) approx. >99%, nitrogen oxide (NOx) approx. 90%, CO2 up to 20%).“For many years our shipping company has been committed to ‘Green Shipping’ – through the development and implementation of more efficient alternative propulsion systems. With the conversion to LNG we and our partners showcase ...

Alfa Laval claims Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) on MAN B&W engines combined with a new pressurized EGR economizer from Alfa Laval offers the potential for massive fuel savings.“EGR provides Tier III NOx compliance with a very compact footprint, but compliance itself is only part of the full potential,” says John Pedersen, Business Manager, Boilers, Combustion & Heaters at Alfa Laval. “Working closely with MAN Diesel & Turbo to optimize the EGR technology, we saw additional opportunities through our expertise in marine boilers. The result is the Alfa Laval Aalborg EGR-HPE economizer, which paves the way for extraordinary energy and fuel savings.”Developed by Alfa Laval in close cooperation with MAN Diesel & Turbo, the Aalborg EGR-HPE is a revolutionary new economizer enclosed in a pressure casing. Placed in-line ahead of the pre-scrubber sprayers in the EGR circuit, it can be used for a number of advantages. If connected to a conventional waste heat recovery system, for example, waste heat recovery becomes substantially more efficient – and is possible at significantly lower engine loads.“By moving the break point for waste heat recovery from a medium engine load down to a low load, the Aalborg EGR-HPE enables even slower steaming,” says Pedersen. “That ...

 Teekay announched that  ''Creole Spirit'' has sailed out from the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)shipyard for sea trials. What started just as a concept has now become reality. Shortly after keel laying in March, installation of the M-type, Electronically Controlled, Gas Injection (MEGI) twin engines was successfully completed.Creole Spirit is Teekay’s first of nine LNG newbuildings equipped with dual fuel two stroke MEGI engines from MAN Diesel & Turbo.The vessel is expected to enter service in January 2016 on a contract charter with Cheniere.Upon delivery, Creole Spirit will be the most efficient LNG ship on the water with the lowest unit freight cost in the world fleet.Source & Image Credit: TeekayIn the starting, I was explicit with you propecia before and after has changed my life. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is improbable to sit.

 ClassNK  has commenced actual verification tests of its next-generation condition-based monitoring (CBM) system ClassNK CMAXS e-GICSX for Mitsui’s MAN B&W engines. The system is being jointly developed by ClassNK, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and MES Technoservice Co., Ltd. and the verification test is being conducted on a MOL-managed vessel with the cooperation of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.   ClassNK CMAXS e-GICSX is unlike any other CBM system to date. Based on voyage data, including weather and sea condition, and machinery data collected from multiple sensors installed on the engine, ClassNK CMAXS e-GICSX can detect machinery abnormalities and, based on abnormality detection results, provide troubleshooting that can be accessed onboard even without an internet connection.     ClassNK CMAXS e-GICSX uses a sophisticated algorithm to analyze correlations between multiple sensing data. Through the use of this algorithm, precise abnormality detection is carried out based on voyage data and large amounts of data collected from the electronically controlled diesel engines.A total of three vessels from shipping companies including MOL Group have been installed with ClassNK CMAXS e-GICSX and the effectiveness of the abnormality detection results and troubleshooting function will be verified. The verification test will go on until spring 2016.  ClassNK　will ...

 The FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) of the first ME-GI engine in Japan recently took place at the Tamano Works of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES). Overseen by the DNV GL classification society, the engine is the first of two 8S70ME-C8.2-GI units for delivery to VT Halter Marine of Mississippi, USA for installation aboard two 2,400-teu ConRo ships for Crowley Maritime Corporation, USAThe Crowley orderCrowley ordered the ME-GI engines, along with 3 × MAN 9L28/32DF auxiliary engines for each vessel, in early-2014.The ConRo ships – with container Lift-On/Lift-Off (LO/LO) and Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO/RO) – will be named ‘El Coquí’ and ‘Taíno’, and are scheduled for delivery in the second and fourth quarters of 2017, respectively.The vessels will be two of the world’s first LNG-powered ConRo ships, designed to travel at speeds up to 22 knots, and carry various sized containers, along with hundreds of vehicles in enclosed, weather-tight car decking.Crowley states that the vessels will offer customers fast ocean-transit times and, being powered by LNG, will set a new standard for environmentally responsible shipping.Crowley selected the high-pressure, Diesel-cycle ME-GI engines due to their high efficiency and power concentration. The ME-GI’s ability to avoid derating, and its negligible methane slip, also ...

 One of the first commercial applications of MAN Diesel & Turbo’s new MAN Alpha Kappel FP propeller took place off the coast of China recently when the ‘Elsabeth C’, a 58,500-dwt Supramax bulk carrier owned by Frontmarine Co. Ltd successfully completed its sea trials.The newbuilding is the first in a series of eight sister-ships, all featuring single MAN B&W 5S60ME-C8.2 engines with an SMCR 8050 kW @ 89 rpm. The Elsabeth C’s sister ship, ‘Mirela’, the second in the series, has since successfully completed its own sea trials.Lemissoler reports that the Kappel propeller offers significant fuel savings compared to conventional propellers and, together with the new vessels’ design and lines as well as the silyl acrylate antifouling paint, contributed to the favourable results from the first two vessels’ sea trials.It reports that both vessels consumed an average 23 mtns per day at a speed of about 14.2 knots in ballast conditions during the trials. The Elsabeth C also performed a successful crash-stop test that was notable for its lack of noise and vibration.Thomas Leander, Head of Propulsion – PrimeServ Four-Stroke – Denmark, said: “A key point during the design stage was to address the problem experienced by similar vessels that ...