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MAN wins Maersk methanol engines contract
MAN Energy Solutions will supply the engines for Maersk’s latest six methanol-ready, dual-fuel newbuilding box ships
Hyundai Heavy Industry’s (HHI) shipbuilding division has ordered six MAN B&W G95ME-C10.5-LGIM dual-fuel main engines in connection with a recent ship order from container shipping giant Maersk.
In early October 2022, Maersk announced a six-vessel order for 17,000-TEU container vessels with HHI.
Hyundai’s engine machinery division (HHI-EMD) will build the engines for the vessels, which will be capable of running on green methanol, on site in South Korea.
MAN Energy Solutions developed the ME-LGIM dual-fuel engine for operation on methanol, as well as conventional fuel. The engine is based on the company’s ME-series, which has approximately 5,000 engines in service, and works according to the diesel combustion principle. When operating on green methanol, the engine offers carbon-neutral propulsion for large merchant-marine vessels.
“MAN B&W methanol engines are available and proven with the first engines having already entered service back in 2016," MAN Energy Solutions two-stroke business vice president Bjarne Foldager said.
With its latest order, Maersk has, in total, ordered 19 vessels with dual-fuel engines able to operate on green methanol.
The six 17,000-TEU vessels are all to be delivered in 2025 and will sail under the flag of Denmark. When all 19 vessels on order are deployed and have replaced older vessels, they are expected to generate annual CO2 emissions savings of around 2.3M tonnes.
Maersk made a significant commitment to methanol when it ordered eight vessels from HHI in 2021 as part of an order with an option for more vessels. The company said the vessels would ultimately be carbon neutral and run on green methanol.
Since then, the company has gone about securing production and volumes of green methanol, seeking to ensure its vessels will have access to the fuel in key locations around the world.
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- Maersk agrees green methanol deals with Proman, Ørsted
- Maersk reveals designs for methanol-powered container ships
- Maersk makes second move to secure methanol
- Maersk orders eight methanol dual-fuel engines
- New e-methanol facility to supply Maersk’s carbon-neutral box ship
- Maersk methanol-powered box ship order could total a dozen vessels
- Maersk orders world’s first carbon-neutral methanol-fuelled box ship
Maersk has set a net-zero emissions target for 2040 across the entire business and has also set tangible near-term targets for 2030 to ensure the company makes significant progress toward its goals. The interim targets include a 50% reduction in emissions per transported container in the Maersk Ocean fleet compared with 2020 and a principle of only ordering newbuild vessels that can be operated on green fuels.
Interest in methanol as a marine fuel is growing, particularly with Maersk’s ongoing investment in the production and supply of the fuel. MAN ES said it expects a steady uptake of methanol over the next few years, which will see the fuel used in around 30% of all dual-fuel engines contracted. From 2025 through the end of the 2020s, the company said it expects the proportion of ammonia as a marine fuel to see a similarly steady increase among newbuild contracts.
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