German propulsion company Schottel says that with the EEXI, new benchmarks for the energy efficiency of ships came into force in January 2023 as an integral part of the IMO’s long-term climate objectives. In order to comply with the EEXI regulations, an increasing...
Cummins has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV for its methanol-ready QSK60 IMO II and IMO III engines, available in power ratings from 2000 to 2700 hp. The approval validates Cummins' retrofittable methanol dual-fuel solution for the global marine market,...
Swiss marine power company WinGD’s first methanol-fuelled engine is to be delivered to shipyard after passing factory and type approval tests. The 10-cylinder, 92 bore X-DF-M engine is destined for a 16,000 TEU container ship and is believed to be the largest...
Norwegian short sea shipping company Lighthouse Ship Management has steered one of its managed general cargo vessel coasters through a Berg Propulsion retrofit project which is confirmed to have brought a 33% reduction in fuel costs. The Torangsvåg-based fleet manager...
ABB reports orders from shipbuilders in China and South Korea to equip 18 and 12 liquified natural gas (LNG) carriers respectively with permanent magnet (PM) shaft generator technology. The ships are due for delivery between 2028 and 2030. Enhancing operational...
Schottel has been selected to supply full propulsion packages for three new LNG bunkering vessels (LNGBV), each package comprising a Schottel CP propeller (SCP), retractable rudder propeller and transverse thruster. The ships, with a loading capacity of 20,000m3, are...
MAN Energy Solutions reports that its MAN 7L21/31DF-M (dual fuel-methanol) genset has successfully passed its type approval test (TAT) in China. The TAT was carried out in close cooperation with the MAN Energy Solutions licensee CSSC Marine Power (CMP) at CMP’s...
Wärtsilä has signed a lifecycle agreement with CMA Ships, a subsidiary of French shipping company CMA CGM, covering 14 large LNG-fuelled container ships already in operation. Owners and operators of container vessels are said to be currently focused on optimising...
Mitsui E&S has announced the beginning of the test phase for the MAN B&W 7S60ME-LGIA (Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) Mk 10.5 prototype engine. The engine, said to be the world’s first commercial, two-stroke, dual-fuel ammonia engine, began its ammonia fuel...
Working Group 21 (WG21) of CIMAC (Conseil International des Machines à Combustion) has published a paper which asks "What do the terms conventional and unconventional mean?" In everyday life, this question may be rather unimportant and always open to redefinition. In...
South Korean shipyard Hanwha Ocean has ordered four MAN B&W 5G70ME-GI Mk10.5 engines in connection with the construction of two 174,000m3 LNG carriers for an undisclosed shipowner. Hanwha Engine Co will build the engines in South Korea and the contract contains an...
Consulting and engineering company Elomatic has signed a licensing and cooperation agreement with Wärtsilä, covering the intellectual property rights, technology, and use of trademark of Elomatic’s Elogrid solution. Elogrid is a transverse thruster grid technology,...
Eltronic FuelTech has announced the successful delivery of what the company says is the world’s first 2.5-inch FVT-MeOH, a fuel valve train developed for the CPGC-MAN12G95ME-C10.5-LGIM engine. The delivery was marked by a ceremony at CSSC-MES Diesel in Shanghai, an...
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