Marine engine design and the future fuels challenge
Any discussion of developments in marine engine design must start with fuels — notably future fuels because any ship ordered today will have an expected operating life of around 20 to 25
Any discussion of developments in marine engine design must start with fuels — notably future fuels because any ship ordered today will have an expected operating life of around 20 to 25
In a shipping industry first, A.P. Moller – Maersk is to retrofit an existing ship to a dual-fuel vessel able to operate on green methanol. It has signed an agreement with PrimeServ
One of the world’s three largest marine engine brands, Japan Engine Corporation (J-Eng) may be edging ahead of the pack in developing large two-strokes capable of operating on ammonia and hydrogen. J-Eng,
MAN Energy Solutions’ Korean two-stroke licensee. HHI-EMD (Hyundai Heavy Industries – Engine and Machinery Division) has completed world’s largest methanol-powered two-stroke engine, taking the company past 200 million brake-horsepower production mark. Celebrating
With methanol fueling gaining momentum, most of the focus has been on large two-stroke engines, but interest in methanol-fueled four-strokes is growing and classification society, RINA has now granted an Approval in
Methane being a significantly damaging greenhouse gas, the problem of methane slip from marine engines is seen as one of the biggest challenges to the wider uptake of LNG as a marine
Nothing is a better indicator of what fuel choices shipowners are making than engine orders and MAN Energy Solutions reports that more than 1,000 of its two-stroke, dual-fuel engines are now on
Accelleron, the rebranded ABB Turbocharging, has signed a technical agreement with Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG), one of the world’s leading two-stroke engine specialists. The agreement authorizes the use of Accelleron turbochargers on
Winterthur, Switzeland headquartered WinGD is to collaborate with Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Engine Machinery Division to deliver the first WinGD engine capable of running on ammonia. The two parties will aim to deliver
Winterthur, Switzerland, headquartered low-speed gas and diesel engine developer WinGD has introduced an on-engine version of its Intelligent Control by Exhaust Recycling (iCER) emissions reduction system. Designed to reduce methane slip emissions