Matson Navigation Company has actually validated that it will certainly transform the primary engine aboard its containership Kaimana Hila from a GUY B&W S90ME-C10.5 system to a dual-fuel ME-GI system with the ability of operating on melted gas (LNG). In doing so, it is working out an alternative had in an agreement it authorized with guy Energy Solutions in June 2022 to do a similar conversion on a sis ship, the Daniel K.Inouye The Kaimana Hila was integrated in 2019 as well as MALE Energy Solutions’ after-sales department, guy PrimeServ, will certainly do the 3,600 teu vessel’s retrofit.
Klaus Rasmussen, Head of Projects as well as PVU Sales, guy PrimeServ, claimed,“This order is the latest example in an increasing trend of owners choosing dual-fuel retrofits for their existing vessels in service to achieve fleet-transformation goals while simultaneously gaining benefits in terms of upcoming regulations such as CII and EEXI. Retrofitting an MAN B&W engine to dual-fuel running is straightforward as our standard, electronically-controlled diesel engines are constructed as ‘dual-fuel ready’ and therefore readily retrofittable. Such retrofits offer a viable pathway to shipowners that wish to achieve a net-zero carbon footprint by 2050.”
Capt Jack Sullivan, Matson’s Senior Vice President, Vessel Operations & & Engineering, claimed, “This will be the third vessel Matson is retrofitting with dual-fuel LNG capability. Each retrofit is a meaningful step toward achieving our corporate sustainability goals to achieve a 40% reduction in Scope 1 greenhouse gas fleet emissions by 2030 and net-zero Scope 1 GHG emissions by 2050.”
The alternative take-up begins the heels of the current news by Matson of the building and construction of 3 LNG-powered newbuilds at Philly Shipyard that will certainly additionally be driven by ME-GI engines.
