Singapore-based bunker tanker first vessel with MAN's methanol genset
17 Apr 2024by Riviera News
CMP – an engine-manufacturing division of Chinese State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) – will build the engines in China
MAN Energy Solutions has received an order for three 6L21/31DF-M gensets for a 7,990-dwt IMO Type II chemical bunker tanker.
These gensets are capable of running on methanol. The dual-fuel engines will form part of a diesel-electric propulsion system on board the vessel with electrical motors driving twin fixed-pitch propellers via gearboxes; an onboard battery-storage system will optimise the use of the dual-fuel generators.
The engines will be built in China by MAN’s licensee in that country, CMP – an engine-manufacturing division of CSSC.
The vessel is scheduled for delivery during Q4 2025 and will operate at the port of Singapore under charter to deliver marine fuels. The port itself is reported as laying plans for the steady supply of methanol from 2025 onwards to meet future, anticipated bunkering requirements for methanol-fuelled vessels.
The MAN L21/31 engine has notched over 2,750 sales and the maker said its offering has established itself in the medium-speed, small-bore engine for genset and diesel-electric propulsion.
MAN country manager, Denmark, Bjarne Foldager said, “Seeing our trusted MAN L21/31 gensets go into these ships as a methanol-fuelled version shows that maritime decarbonisation is a prominent consideration for shipowners in all vessel segments and sizes. It also clearly illustrates, regardless of the market one serves as shipowner, that our broad, dual-fuel portfolio enables everyone to take part in the green transition.”