CMES ordered world’s first methanol-powered engine for VLCC

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the Shanghai-listed shipping giant and subsidiary of China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), has ordered a MAN B&W 7G80ME-LGIM (-Liquefied Gas Injection Methanol) main engine in connection with the construction of a VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier), which stands for first order for dual fuel methanol for this type of ship.

World’s first methanol-fuelled engine ordered for VLCC segment

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), the Shanghai-listed shipping giant and daughter company of China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), has ordered an MAN B&W 7G80ME-LGIM (-Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) main engine in connection with the construction of a VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier). The first such dual-fuel methanol order for the ship type, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry