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Qatari shipping company Nakilat and Qatari LNG producers Qatargas and RasGas Company Limited have agreed with engine manufacturer MAN Diesel and Turbo to convert a Q-Max vessel to use LNG as an alternative to heavy fuel oil in the main engines. The proactive initiative reinforces Qatar's commitment toward the environment with plans to convert an existing low-speed diesel LNG carrier to use LNG as fuel thereby reducing the ship's exhaust gas emissions. Shipyard operator Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) will complete the ship's conversion at its Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard facilities in Qatar's Port of Ras Laffan. The modification will utilize MAN Diesel and Turbo's ME-GI (M-Type Electronically Controlled - Gas Injection) systems as an innovative and flexible technology. The Q-Max will be the world's first low-speed marine diesel engine to be converted to use LNG as a fuel. The modification will meet current known and future stated global emissions regulations. The control of greenhouse gas and exhaust gas emissions have a high priority in today's shipping industry. In-step with the emissions regulations, the engine manufacturer, MAN Diesel and Turbo has made technical advancements to the low speed diesel engine to have flexibility to utilize Liquefied Natural Gas ...

Florida-based Crowley Maritime Corporation, the marine solutions, transportation and logistics company, has placed an order for 2 × ConRo ships. Each vessel will be powered by an MAN B&W 8S70ME-GI8.2 main engine and 3 × MAN 9L28/32DF auxiliary engines.

Two Massachusetts projects have been awarded more than a half-million dollars under a competitive national grant competition to reduce diesel emissions.

Selandia - the first merchant ship to be fitted with diesel engines Lloyd's Register has just clinched another global first with the centenary of Selandia - the first merchant ship to be fitted with diesel engines.LR's Chief Engineer Surveyor J T Milton was on board during the vessel's first epoch-making sea trial in 1912. He reported back to his peers: "The engines worked admirably throughout .... the vessel being manoeuvred from and to her moorings with as much certainty, and as quickly, as an ordinary steam vessel."Although the industry has changed markedly since then with many sophisticated and innovative sources of power, we still owe a huge debt of thanks to the engineers and designers who pioneered that first diesel-powered vessel.Read about this and other breaking news on pages 2 to 7 in the May issue ofHorizons, Lloyd's Register's marine magazine.The near complete hull of SelandiaSource: LR

Xinde Technology plans to produce diesel engines with power ranging from 200kW to 1500W A new name could be joining the important high speed marine diesel market if Chinese plans reach fruition, and given the growth of the Chinese economy there seems a fair chance of this happening.Xinde Technology, described as a widely respected China-based designer and manufacturer of internal combustion engines and parts plans to produce non-road high-power diesel engines with power ranging from 200kW to 1,500kW. The compoany says these will be used primarily as marine engines, gensets and other off-road applications, and will include six-, eight-, 12- and 16-cylinder engine series.According to Dianjun Liu, president and chief executive officer, "The typical current customer wait for these higher powered engines is about is about six months, reflecting a very favourable supply/demand opportunity for us. Our goal is to produce 5,000 to 10,000 of the higher-powered engines annually, potentially generating revenues of RMB one billion ($154,294,793) with profit margins exceeding 20%. We already have begun initial preparation for this project and are aiming to see our first new high-powered products coming off the line in 2012."Source: The Motorship