Nine HMM containership newbuilds would be the first with MAN B&W G80 methanol engines.
The 9 9,000 TEU methanol-dual fueled containerships ordered by South Korea’s HMM will probably be powered by MAN B&W G80ME-LGIM twin fueled engines. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries(HSHI) will construct seven of the ships and HJ Shipbuilding and Construction( HJSC) will construct the opposite two.
The newbuildings will probably be delivered to HMM from 2025 and can function on routes to North and South America in addition to India.
Both yards have now positioned orders the engines, that are able to operation on inexperienced methanol and traditional fuel-oil, marking MAN Energy Solutions’ first order for the G80 bore measurement. The engines will even characteristic MAN Energy Solutions’ proprietary EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) techniques and can, upon supply, be connectivity-ready and ready for digital providers equivalent to PrimeServ Assist.
“This world-first order for a G80 methanol engine is just a continuation of the general market trend toward methanol where the ME-LGIM engine has become the de facto industry standard for large, methanol-fueled, merchant marine vessels,” stated Bjarne Foldager, senior vp and head of low-speed, MAN Energy Solutions.
Foldager added that additional tasks for this measurement of container vessel with the G80 methanol engine are anticipated inside the close to future. “Methanol is quickly becoming the most prominent alternative fuel in the container vessel segment,” he stated.
“We now have over one-hundred ME-LGIM engines on order or in service,” stated Thomas S. Hansen, head of promotion and buyer help, MAN Energy Solutions. “In our open project pipeline, container vessels make up around 61%, followed by both tankers and bulk carriers with 17%, and general cargo making up the remaining 5%. MAN Energy Solutions’ methanol engines are a proven concept that combine well with methanol’s unique selling points as a fuel that include its easy storage, simple auxiliary systems, and not to forget that green methanol is entirely carbon-neutral.”
Increasing inexperienced methanol manufacturing
HMM has signed MoUs with a number of gasoline suppliers to make sure the methanol provide for the vessels.
The Methanol Institute (MI), says that, globally, more than 80 renewable methanol projects are projected to supply greater than 8 milli on tonnes of e-methanol and bio-methanol yearly by 2027.
Renewable methanol is a low carbon and internet carbon-neutral liquid chemical and gasoline produced from sustainable biomass, usually known as bio-methanol, or from captured carbon dioxide and hydrogen produced from renewable electrical energy, known as e-methanol.
The Methanol Institute says there’s clear proof that bio-methanol and e-methanol amenities are ramping up manufacturing. With ongoing developments in expertise and elevated authorities help, the institute expects the capability of particular person renewable crops to rise from 5 – 10,000 tommes of methanol to 50 – 250,000 tonnes or extra yearly over the following 5 years.
