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Nick Blenkey
Ole Graa Jakobsen, head of fleet know-how, A.P. Moller-Maersk: “Retrofitting options to accommodate new gasoline is a posh activity that requires experience, and we’re blissful to have Alfa Laval on board on this mission.”
Maersk’s dedication to inexperienced methanol is just not restricted to its newbuild program. Subsequent yr it should retrofit its 2017-built, 15,000 TEU containership Maersk Halifax for methanol twin gasoline operation, within the first of 11 green-methanol engine retrofits deliberate for mid-2024 (see earlier story). The engine retrofits can be carried out by MAN PrimeServ. Alfa Laval has been chosen to supply the gasoline provide system for the primary of its form containership methanol retrofit mission.
“We’ve got set an formidable net-zero emissions goal for 2040, and retrofitting of engines on our vessels to run on methanol is a vital nut in our technique,” says Ole Graa Jakobsen, head of fleet know-how at A.P. Moller-Maersk. “Retrofitting options to accommodate new gasoline thereby enabling the engine to function on methanol is a posh activity that requires experience, and we’re blissful to have Alfa Laval on board on this mission.”
Alfa Laval will provide its FCM Methanol low-flashpoint gasoline provide system for the mission which is able to contain including a brand new gasoline line for methanol alongside the standard gasoline line, working inside the ship’s current house constraints and on tight time schedule.
The retrofit is a landmark mission that requires superior engineering and understanding of the sensible issues of working with methanol. Alfa Laval says that its dedication to know-how analysis and product improvement, in addition to its expertise in each mission execution and vessels in operation (> 150k hours), has ready it to tackle the challenges of equipping each current and new vessels with methanol options. Its system might be designed to satisfy particular necessities guaranteeing optimized efficiency and environmental effectivity.
“At Alfa Laval, we collaborate with the business frontrunners in exploring and embracing modern methods for decarbonization,” says Viktor Friberg, head of marine separation & gasoline provide methods at Alfa Laval. “The containership methanol retrofit mission with Maersk offers us a singular alternative to take up a brand new problem – retrofitting our tools for methanol use, for the primary time. We’re immensely proud to increase our experience to this modern retrofit mission.”
Crusing with inexperienced methanol gasoline is a sustainable choice to cut back emissions, nevertheless it requires a gasoline provide system that may deal with the gasoline safely and successfully. With over 80 ships contracted, Alfa Laval has expertise in methanol FSS set up and repair that goes again to 2015. So far, it says, its answer has been the one FSS that has been chosen for methanol-fueled vessels to date, accumulating over 450 000 hours in operation.
