Hyundai’s Ship-Building Division, HHI-SBD, has actually gotten 8 × MALE B&W 8G95ME-LGIM (-Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) engines about the structure of 8 × 16,000-teu container ships for A.P. Møller– Maersk, the international integrator of container logistics.

Hyundai Engine & &Machinery Division, HHI-EMD, will certainly develop the engines. The order consists of an alternative for an additional 4 engines with the initial of the validated vessels because of go into solution in Q1, 2024.

Bjarne Foldager, Senior Vice President as well as Head of Two-Stroke Business, MALE Energy Solutions, claimed: “This is a massive milestone as these engines will be the largest methanol-burning engines ever constructed. They will be based on their well-proven 50-bore counterpart, which has already been in our engine portfolio for some time gathering more than 100,000 running hours on methanol alone. The 95-bore’s development is another example of our commitment towards decarbonisation and providing solutions demanded by the market.”

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MALE Energy Solutions mentions that the brand-new engines will certainly can shedding bio-methanol in addition to e-methanol

The brand-new order very closely adheres to that from July 2021 when MALE Energy Solutions won the order to provide the globe’s initial, low-speed, dual-fuel engine to operate on methanol within the container sector– a GUY B&W 6G50ME-LGIM kind constructed by HHI-EMD– to a 2,100-teu vessel additionally bought at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard by A.P. Møller– Maersk.

Thomas S. Hansen, Head of Promotion as well as Customer Support, MALE Energy Solutions, claimed: “As a fuel, methanol is quickly becoming an option within the large container-vessel segment where – up until now – conventional fuel and LNG have long reigned. We expect that this significant order will spur further market interest in methanol as a fuel, also within other ship segments such as bulkers. Our other ME-LGIM references show methanol to be a clean, efficient and safe, marine fuel that offers a clear path to decarbonisation through significant greenhouse-gas reductions when produced from renewable energy sources.”

Brian Østergaard Sørensen. Vice President, Head of Research & & Development, Two-Stroke at MALE Energy Solutions, claimed: “We have developed the G95 LGIM technology at our R&D test centre in Copenhagen based on the extensive knowledge and experience within dual-fuel technology that we have built up over the past decade. In general, as we move towards a zero-carbon future, MAN Energy Solutions’ dual-fuel engine portfolio is well positioned to handle whatever challenges the market brings.”

MALE Energy Solutions mentions that its low-speed, dual-fuel recommendations currently surpass 466 devices, with its ME-GI kind recording over 1.8 million operating hrs on LNG alone, while the ME-LGI system has actually built up greater than 110,000 dual-fuel running hrs.

Reference: man-es. com