China Merchants Heavy Industry has actually bought 2 male B&W 7S60ME-LGIM (-Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) engines about the building and construction of 2 9,300 ceu (vehicle equal systems) PCTCs for China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES).
The order is the very first order worldwide for the S60ME-LGIM version, the very first methanol-fuelled engine for a PCTC, as well as the very first Chinese- constructed methanol engine.
Engine supplier, CSE, will certainly create the engines in China with particular vessel distribution established for 2025 as well as 2026; the order additionally has a choice for an extra 4 vessels. The engines will certainly include male Energy Solutions’ exclusive Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system.
Bjarne Foldager, Head of Two-Stroke Business, MALE Energy Solutions, claimed: “Interest in using methanol in ocean-going vessels is at an all-time high, especially in the container vessel segment but also in the vehicle-transport sector whose main players are moving to expand capacity driven by very strong Chinese car sales.”
He claims, with this order, CMES is at the same time increasing its organization as well as boosting its lasting success. “While LNG has been the most popular alternative fuel within the PCTC segment, CMES is one of the first movers to methanol, which we expect will figure prominently as a future fuel in the maritime energy transition across all vessel segments.”
Thomas S. Hansen, Head of Promotion as well as Customer Support, MALE Energy Solutions, claimed: “The 110 ME-LGIM engines ordered and more than 400,000 running hours on methanol already recorded at sea show the potency of our methanol concept. Indeed, in response to the increasing interest in methanol-powered engines, we recently expanded our portfolio with the addition of S60-, G60- and G45-LGIM variants such that the propulsion power of our methanol portfolio now spans across all large merchant-marine vessel applications such as container vessels, bulk carriers, tankers, and general cargo vessels like PCTCs.”
