Yanmar commercializes marine hydrogen fuel cell system

Yanmar Power Technology has commercialized its marine hydrogen fuel cell system. The system is initially targeted at passenger ships, work boats, and cargo ships that navigate coastal areas where hydrogen replenishment is relatively easy. Yanmar participated in the development of Japan’s safety guidelines for hydrogen fuel cell ships and the formulation of a roadmap for

Yanmar vessel engines compatible with biofuels

Yanmar Power Technology has confirmed its engines used on tugs, commercial vessels and workboats built at its Japanese factories are compatible with biofuels and gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuels. These sustainable, alternative fuels can be used with the EY, NY and N series of diesel engines built at the Amagasaki factory and the engine series manufactured at

Design approved for world’s first methane oxidation catalyst system

Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), and Yanmar Power Technologies Co. (YPT), have received Approval in Principle for the Methane Oxidation Catalyst System from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). The system reduces methane slip by placing a methane oxidation catalyst in an LNG fuel engine and oxidizing the methane. This is the first time