The dual-fuelMari Jone Photo politeness male Energy Solutions

The globe’s initial methanol-powered vessels have actually passed each passed the 10,000 operating hrs operating on the clean-burning alternate gas.

The 2 ships, the Mari Jone and also Mari Boyle, are 2 of the initial newly-constructed vessels powered by dual-fuel ME-LGI engines operating methanol.

The 50,000 DWT vessels have actually functioned because 2016. They were the initial of 7 methanol-powered hired to Waterfront Shipping, a completely had subsidiary ofMethanex Corporation Combined, the seven-ship fleet has actually currently passed a collective overall of 50,000 collective operating hrs on methanol.

The ME-LGI engines, created by male Energy Solutions, are 2-stroke twin gas engines that can work on methanol, gas oil, aquatic diesel oil, or gas oil.

Methanol is taken into consideration to be a sensible clean-burning alternate gas to the delivery market, which is encountering progressively strict discharges policies.

The 7 vessels were created as component of a joint job including Waterfront Shipping Company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,Ltd (MOL), Westfal-Larsen Management (WL) and also Marinvest, a Swedish ship administration firm.

According to Marinvest, the Mari Jone and also Mari Boyle have actually currently jointly taken in 28,287 MT of methanol, getting rid of around 990,000 kg of sulphur oxide discharges.

“When introducing methanol as a two-stroke marine fuel, we encountered the usual teething problems, including addressing the liner lubrication because of methanol’s potentially corrosive behavior,” stated Ren é Sejer Laursen, a Sales & & Promotion Manager at MALEEnergy Solutions “However, the service experience gathered after 50,000 hours of cumulative operation has ironed all such problems out and the ME-LGI engines are now running smoothly with no maintenance issues. In fact, they are even showing an improvement in fuel efficiency.”