Written by
Nick Blenkey
Methanol retrofit order was signed at Marintec Shanghai: (entrance left) Xiaodong Guo, Managing Director COSCO Heavy Business Shanghai CO.,Ltd. and (entrance proper) Michael Petersen, senior vp and head of PrimeServ Denmark
COSCO Heavy Business Shanghai Co. Ltd. has signed a contract with MAN Vitality Options for the methanol retrofit of 4 most important engines from COSCO Line 13,800 TEU Camellia class and 20,000 TEU Virgo class vessels. The vessels are at present powered by single-fuel MAN B&W 11S90ME-C10.5 engines that will probably be retrofitted to dual-fuel MAN B&W 11S90ME-LGIM10.5 items able to working on fuel-oil or methanol.
The ships would be the first vessels in COSCO’s fleet to sail on methanol.
The contract additionally consists of an choice for the methanol retrofit of an extra 9 vessels from the road’s 20,000 TEU Virgo and Pisces lessons.
COSCO Heavy Business Shanghai Co. Ltd. will act as a whole turnkey answer supplier for the retrofits.
MAN Vitality Options will present an answer package deal that may embody engineering, components, mission administration, onsite technical help on the shipyard, sea-trial help and recertification service for the engine retrofits. The vessels would be the first to function with S90-LGIM engines and MAN has undertaken an R&D program and invested in a testbed to develop the S90-LGIM (Liquid Fuel Injection Methanol) retrofit answer. The primary vessel of the collection is scheduled for retrofit in second quarter 2025.
“It’s very promising to see one of many largest delivery firms globally selecting MAN Vitality Options as a companion to realize their decarbonization objectives,” mentioned Michael Petersen, senior vp and head of PrimeServ Denmark. ”We’re dedicated to bringing extra retrofit options to the market and our funding within the S90-LGIM R&D and testbed program a achievement of this promise to our clients.”
Greater than 300 vessels globally are at present outfitted with S90 engines and MAN Vitality Options expects this new enterprise to kick off a significant wave of S90 retrofits.
The brand new order follows on the heels of the current methanol retrofit order by A.P. Moller – Maersk for the retrofit of the G95 most important engines aboard 11 of its container vessels to dual-fuel.
WAVE OF DUAL-FUEL RETROFITS BUILDING?
“Our retrofit options are actually accepted as a confirmed approach of accomplishing dual-fuel functionality to ship decrease emissions, and COSCO’s methanol retrofits are yet one more occasion of this,” mentioned Petersen. “We’re within the early days of an enormous wave of dual-fuel retrofits and see many concrete initiatives coming on-line with the capability to fulfill delivery’s demand for inexperienced fuels, comparable to e-methanol and bioLNG. We count on that homeowners who’ve opted to attend and watch over the previous few years will finally additionally convert their tonnage to dual-fuel.”
Sarath Prasannan, head of area APAC at MAN Vitality Options, mentioned: “2030 is the yr the place China targets peak carbon-emission, whereas 2060 is its goal for attaining net-zero. The choice to retrofit the propulsion engines in its fleet to methanol operation is a daring step in the suitable course from COSCO, main the way in which to inexperienced transportation and maritime decarbonization. MAN Vitality Options will stand with COSCO all the way in which to make sure a easy execution of this dual-fuel engine conversion mission, strongly supported by our crew in China. Moreover, PrimeServ China is at present gearing up its market presence in order to be able to servicing massive retrofit initiatives at a number of yards concurrently.”
