WinGD expects to deliver first ammonia dual-fuel engines in 2025

WinGD said on Tuesday it was on track to deliver its first X-DF-A dual-fuel ammonia engines by Q1 2025 following combustion tests in December 2022. The Swiss marine power company said its ammonia dual-fuel engine development plans were backed by “concrete orders”. Last month WinGD inked an agreement with AET Tankers and sister company Akademi

BW LPG completes conversion of the main engine of the ‘BW Malacca’ to dual-fuel

BW LPG, the world’s leading owner and operator of LPG vessels, has announced that it has converted the main engine of the ‘BW Malacca’ to dual-fuel running. The last such conversion for a series of 15 LPG carriers, the ship’s MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.2 type engine was retrofitted to an MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.5-LGIP dual-fuel type capable

China’s first methanol-powered tanker delivered

China’s first indigenously built dual-fuel tanker powered by methanol has been delivered in Guangzhou City in south China’s Guangdong Province. The 49,900-deadweight tonnage (dwt) vessel, which runs on a methanol dual-fuel drive system, can be driven by four fuel modes: fuel, fuel hydrate, methanol and methanol hydrate. It is also equipped with a variety of

Orders for vessels with dual-fuel engines increasing

As prices of low-sulfur fuel oil touched an all-time high recently, the demand and orders for dual-fuel vessel has been increasing. Most of the shipowners are opting for LNG-powered ships in order to meet environmental regulations. The three major South Korean shipbuilders received orders for 154 vessels, and those include 68 ships in which LNG

Cementation Skanska initiates trials on dual-fuel piling rig

Cementation Skanska to commence testing a prototype dual-fuel hydrogen and diesel piling machine. The project is named ZECHER for Zero Carbon Hydrogen Construction Equipment for Real-world use. The project’s aim is to drive cutting carbon emissions on sites and hopes to show that conversion to dual-fuel will save up to 50% CO2 in the duty

DSME wins contract to build LNG carrier for Qatar

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korean shipbuilder, has won a KRW 1.07 trillion ($851.7 million) order for the construction of four LNG carriers for the Qatar LNG project. The newbuild will be equipped with a low-pressure dual-fuel propulsion engine (ME-GA) and re-liquefaction facility, which is an eco-friendly ship that can significantly reduce air

Large bore Wärtsilä engine launched to accelerate decarbonised operations

The technology group Wärtsilä announces the launch of the latest addition to its multi-fuel engine portfolio. The Wärtsilä 46TS-DF engine is designed with a focus on efficiency, environmental performance, and fuel flexibility signalling a new era of medium-speed marine engines. In gas fuel mode, the engine has the highest efficiency thus far achieved in the

Keppel O&M delivers the first dual-fuel dredger

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has delivered the first dual-fuel Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) built in Singapore to Van Oord with no loss-time incidents. Named Vox Ariane, the high-specification dredger has a hopper capacity of 10,500 cubic meters and can run on LNG. It is the sixth dredger built by Keppel O&M,