Friday, September 20, 2024

Fuel Systems News

Future Fuels: 275 Altenative Fuel Ships Ordered in 2022

MAN ES will start testing its ammonia fueled engine in Q1 2023, and on Maritime Reporter & Engineering News' recent visit to
the MAN ES R&D center in Copenhagen, Bjarne Foldager, Senior Vice President, head of two stroke business at MAN ES, said he
sees a rapid uptake on methnol in the coming years, with 2035 anticipated as a 'tipping point' toward ammonia. Photo of
the MAN ES ammonia engine. Look for the full report in the January 2023 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. Im

The total number of ships with alternative fuels ordered in 2022 was 275 (excluding battery operated vessels), according to  numbers released today from DNV viat its Alternative Fuels Insight report.In addition…

DNV Report Says Maritime Energy Transition is Gaining Speed

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More than 1000 ships are expected to be ordered per year through 2030, and with growing pressure on the shipping industry to decarbonize, the shipowners must be careful with fuel selection and ship design…

LNG Cargo Ready Notation for Ethane Carriers

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the provider of classification, technical, and regulatory services for the marine industry, launched the industry’s first LNG Cargo Ready notation.The development…

GMM Project Shortlists Nine Ships

The Green Maritime Methanol (GMM) consortium announced that it has selected nine ships for research on the application of renewable methanol as a marine fuel.New designs, newbuildings as well as existing ships of Boskalis…

Sovcomflot's Lomonosov Prospect Transists Northern Sea Route on LNG

PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group)'s large-capacity  LNG-fueled Aframax tanker Lomonosov Prospect has successfully completed its first commercial voyage along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to deliver…

MTM Signs Exclusive Multi-Year Contract With Eni

MTM, a fully owned subsidiary of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc., through its CUBOGAS brand of compressed natural gas (CNG) compressors and systems for vehicle refueling, announced it has signed…

Maritime Fuel of the Future: Training to an Uncertain Standard

Despite its unquestionable allure, LNG as a fuel carries with it as many risks as it does answers to the problems it promises to solve. As industry and OEM’s work to remove any doubt, the collaborative…

Wärtsilä: Integrated LNG Terminal-Power Plant Concept

Illustration of small-scale LNG terminal with adjacent gas power plant (copyright: Wärtsilä)

Over the past couple of decades, natural gas (NG) has become a fuel of choice for power generation. One way of increasing the availability of NG is through the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Wärtsilä's Gas Engine Technology Enhanced

Wärtsilä 50DF engine

Wärtsilä has now sold more than 2000 of its gas fuelled engines, which together have accumulated more than 7 million operational running hours in both land-based and marine applications. These…