While alternative fuels may be the marine industry’s current area of focus, it must not be forgotten that fuels and marine lubricants are intrinsically linked, says Dr. Cassandra Higham, Global Marine and Energy Marketing
MAN Energy Solutions’ MAN 49/60DF engine has received its Type Approval after a five-day program on the testbed at the company’s Augsburg, Germany, headquarters. The Type Approval Test (TAT) of the new
Matson Navigation Company (NYSE: MATX) is to convert the main engine of its containership Kaimana Hila from an MAN B&W S90ME-C10.5 unit to a dual-fuel ME-GI unit capable of running on LNG.
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
The nine 9,000 TEU methanol-dual fueled containerships ordered by South Korea’s HMM will be powered by MAN B&W G80ME-LGIM dual fueled engines. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries(HSHI) will build seven of the ships
More ship operators continue to be persuaded by the case for methanol as a marine fuel and while orders for methanol-fueled containerships have been getting a lot of attention, methanol is now
To meet the new EEXI regulations, Norwegian operator Solvang ASA has selected MAN Energy Solutions after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ to perform a radical and extensive optimization of the propulsion drivetrain of a
MAN Energy Solutions has won a contract to deliver its PrimeServ Assist digital service to 31 vessels in Danish product carrier specialist TORM’s fleet. “Enabling immediate support to our crews is of
In changes to the executive board at MAN Energy Solutions SE, effective January 1. Dr. Gunnar Stiesch is to head the technology department, which was previously headed by CEO Dr. Uwe Lauber
MAN Energy Solutions’s after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ, has signed a contract to retrofit two LPG carriers for China’s Tianjin Southwest Maritime for operation on LPG. The MAN B&W 6G60ME-C engines in the
