On-going tests show that the Wärtsilä two-stroke gas engine performance is in compliance with the upcoming IMO Tier III NOx emission limits, setting a new benchmark for low-speed engines running on gas.
Imabari Shipbuilding’s Nihon Shipyard is to install an MAN B&W 7S60ME-ammonia engine in a 200,000 dwt class bulk carrier being built for a joint venture between K Line, NS United and Itochu
In what’s being claimed as a world first for the maritime industry, Japan’s Mitsui E&S Co. Ltd, a MAN Energy Solutions’ licensee, has successfully tested a 50-centimeter bore MAN B&W two-stroke engine
Japan’s NYK Line has ordered MAN B&W ME-GA engines for four 174,000 cubic meter LNG carrier newbuilds. Each ship will have two 5G70ME-GA Mk. 10.5 engines and all eight engines will feature
Two new LNG dual-fueled vessels being built for NYK Line will be the first with two-stroke engines featuring the variable compression ratio (VCR) technology announced by Swiss-headquartered engine developer WinGD back in
Not too surprisingly, the series of giant methanol-fueled car carriers that Wallenius Wilhelmsen is building in China (see earlier story) will be powered by MAN B&W ME-LGIM main engines. The Oslo-listed RO/RO
In a world first, ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a ship equipped with a large low-speed, hydrogen-fueled two-stroke engine as the main propulsion engine. The parcel layout concept
The MAN Energy Solutions ME-GA Otto-cycle engine that recently completed gas trials in an LNG carrier built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) has an engine control system with a new “first,”
With the race on to develop engines able to burn the next generation of future fuels, MAN Energy Solutions has announced the successful first running of a test engine on ammonia at
MAN Energy Solutions reports that its first ME-GA Otto-cycle engine has completed gas trials in an LNG carrier built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) for Norwegian shipping company, Knutsen OAS Shipping.
