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MAY 24, 2022

Rio Tinto and bp have agreed to work together on a one-year marine biofuel trial to help reduce carbon emissions from Rio Tinto’s marine fleet. The fuel will be trialed on Rio Tinto’s RTM Tasman vessel on a mix of Transatlantic and Atlantic-Pacific routes, in one of the longest-duration marine biofuel trials to date.

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Mariner Oil Carbon Fuel 273

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

MAN Energy Solutions has launched its MAN 49/60DF engine type at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg. The latest addition to its four-stroke engine portfolio, the dual-fuel engine is capable of running on LNG, diesel and HFO as well as a number of more sustainable fuels including biofuel blends and synthetic natural gas.

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Engine Fuel Mariner Diesel 195

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MARCH 7, 2020

Leading short sea ro-ro operator UECC and sustainable marine biofuel pioneer GoodFuels have launched a joint trial of GoodFuels Bio-Fuel Oil (MR1-100 or BFO) on UECC’s ro-ro vessel M/V Autosky. GoodFuels’ BFO is the first residual-fuel-equivalent biofuel, requiring no changes to marine engines.

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Mariner Belgium Spain Oil 397

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JULY 2, 2022

The EU-funded HyMethShip project developed a system that innovatively combined a membrane reactor, a CO 2 capture system, a storage system for CO 2 and methanol as well as a hydrogen-fueled combustion engine to power ships. The bottom part shows how hydrogen for the engine is obtained from methanol in the reactor (blue arrow).

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Hydrogen Engine Fuel Carbon 480

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JULY 10, 2023

Under the terms of the agreement, MAN PrimeServ, MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, will deliver 15 engine retrofit solutions for conversion of vessels powered by individual MAN B&W S90-type fuel-oil-powered engines from the Seaspan and Hapag-Lloyd fleets to dual-fuel ME-LGIM engines capable of running on green methanol.

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Fuel Conversion Mariner Fleet 370

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MAY 26, 2023

According to MAN Engines, all MAN off-road engines from the current product portfolio can be operated with regenerative diesel—also known as HVO (hydrogenated vegetable oil)—in accordance with the EN15940 standard in Europe or the US specification ASTM D975.

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Engine Diesel Exhaust Oil 221

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APRIL 26, 2023

MAN Energy Solutions’ MAN 175D engine is formally approved for operation on biofuels, effective immediately. This applies to all standard biofuels such as HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) and FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) fuels up to a content of 100%.

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Engine Mariner Fuel Exhaust 284

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

The policy calls for the testing and use of various alternative marine fuels to significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions today. GoodFuels supplied EPS with a residual-fuel equivalent Bio-Fuel Oil (BFO). The BFO is a replacement for low-sulfur fuel oil and/or heavy fuel oil.

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Mariner Oil Supplies Fuel 243

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MARCH 6, 2021

OCI) and MAN Energy Solutions (MAN) to develop methanol and ammonia as marine fuels to support industry-wide decarbonization and environmental preservation efforts. Also, EPS will construct newbuild vessels with MAN engines powered by the same two alternative marine fuels.

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Mariner Fuel Engine Available Today 243

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NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Neste Oil will bring to the market a low-sulfur marine fuel in accordance with the EU sulfur Directive requirements entering into force in 2015, and will begin distributing it in mid-December. The new fuel will significantly reduce sulfur, nitrogen and particle emissions in marine transportation.

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Mariner Oil Fuel Cleaner 231

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MAY 20, 2019

A life-cycle assessment of emissions from domestic and imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), and heavy-fuel oil (HFO) for marine shipping by a team from the University of British Columbia has found that only high-pressure dual-fuel (HPDF) engines robustly reduce well-to-wake GHG emissions by 10% compared with their HFO-fueled counterparts.

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Mariner Engine Fuel Exhaust 236

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Leading global heavy lift shipping and offshore transportation and installation contractor Jumbo, and commercial, sustainable marine biofuel company GoodFuels, are partnering to test Goodfuels’ marine Bio-Fuel Oil on an offshore decommissioning project.

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Oil Mariner Fuel Netherlands 207

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Tenneco has established new test facilities for hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines at its Powertrain test centers in Burscheid, Germany, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Preparation of an H 2 ICE test cell. We support a pragmatic approach of complementary technologies that provide solutions for different transportation sectors.

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Hydrogen Engine Oil Emissions 221

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Rolls-Royce launched its latest in a series of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled marine engines at the SMM maritime exhibition in Hamburg. Power output of the LNG-fueled B36:45 engine is identical to that of the liquid-fueled B33:45 at 600kW per cylinder at 750 rpm.

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Mariner Engine Diesel Gas-Electric 210

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

bp and Maersk Tankers, with support from the Danish Maritime Authority, have successfully completed trials using biofuel-blended marine fuel in product tankers, demonstrating that sustainable biofuels can be used as a marine drop-in fuel to help reduce carbon emissions in shipping.

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Mariner Africa Oil Netherlands 334

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JULY 3, 2013

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems shipped the first MaK M 46 DF dual fuel marine engine. The M 46 DF, Caterpillar’s first marine dual fuel solution, will power a newbuild ordered by Germany’s AIDA cruises. Three 12 M 43 C marine engines will also power the cruise liner.

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Mariner Engine Fuel Oil 186

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MARCH 12, 2022

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), MTI, and Elomatic Oy , a Finnish maritime consulting and engineering firm, have completed the development of a concept design for an ammonia-fuel ready LNG-fueled vessel (ARLFV) for the transition to a future marine fuel. A device that supplies ammonia to the main engine.

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Concept Design Fuel Mariner 221

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Topsoe and Steeper Energy , a developer of biomass conversion technologies, signed a global licensing agreement for a complete waste-to-fuel solution. The end-products include Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), marine biofuel, and renewable diesel from waste biomass.

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Waste Energy Oil Conversion 293

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JUNE 30, 2020

Solid-oxide fuel-cell manufacturer Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), a part of Samsung Group, have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to design and to develop fuel cell-powered ships. —Haeki Jang, vice president of shipbuilding & drilling sales engineering at SHI. SHI LNG carrier. SHI LNG carrier.

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Industrial Industry Energy Mariner 459

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JULY 17, 2023

MAN Energy Solutions announced that the first ME-GA engine has completed gas trials aboard an LNG carrier built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) for Norwegian shipping company, Knutsen OAS Shipping. The new engine is an Otto-cycle variant of the company’s successful ME-GI engine. —Thomas S.

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Gas Engine Concept Exhaust 195

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JULY 28, 2021

MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply the world’s first, low-speed, dual-fuel engine to run on methanol within the container segment. The engine will be Tier III-compliant. The MAN B&W LGIM engine is the methanol-burning version of its dual-fuel solution for liquid injection of fuels, the ME-LGI engine.

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Engine Oil Fuel Supplies 259

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Royal Caribbean Group’s new class of ships known as ‘Project Evolution’, set to debut in summer 2023, will operate using a trio of power sources including a fuel cell system, battery technology and dual fuel engines using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the main fuel.

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Fuel Engine Power Powered 221

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

a wholly owned subsidiary of Methanex Corporation, and Marinvest/Skagerack Invest (Marinvest) announced the delivery of two second-generation methanol fueled vessels—M/T Mari Couva and M/T Mari Kokako—to the Waterfront Shipping fleet. Additionally, any operational switch between methanol and other fuels is seamless.

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Fuel Mariner Oil Exhaust 207

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), a part of Samsung Group, today are collaborating to design and develop ships powered by Bloom Energy’s solid oxide fuel cell technology. Bloom Energy is the world’s leading provider of stationary fuel cells and SHI is one of the world’s largest shipbuilding companies.

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Gas Industrial Industry Mariner 281

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine manufacturer, announced the successful completion of a full-scale demonstration test of a ME-GI dual-fuel MAN B&W two-stroke engines in combination with Hi-GAS.

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Mariner Hyundai Gas Supplies 225

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JULY 18, 2023

NYK will install a variable compression ratio system (VCR system) on two large LNG-fueled coal carriers to be built at Oshima Shipbuilding Co., This will be the first time for VCR systems to be installed on vessels, including existing vessels that use heavy fuel oil as their main fuel. Source: WinGD. Mitsui E&S DU Co.,

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Coal Fuel Oil Installation 150

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine maker, has produced the first High Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (HP SCR) system for the significant reduction of NO x emission from 2-stroke marine engines.

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Mariner Hyundai Engine Oil 150

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Both ships will replace two of the nine conventional heavy oil-powered cargo ships currently used by Group logistics on the Atlantic between Europe and North America. Both vehicle transporters are powered by a 12,600 kW dual-fuel marine engine with direct injection and exhaust gas treatment from MAN Energy Solutions of the Volkswagen Group.

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2020 Engine Fuel Mariner 186

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JULY 15, 2013

The Cat marine hybrid power system uses AKA’s XeroPoint Hybrid system. Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has introduced the the Cat Powered Marine Hybrid System, a complete hybrid propulsion package applicable to all engine platforms. Diesel-electric: Power provided from auxiliary engines. Source: AKA. batteries).

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Mariner Hybrid Power Powered 262

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MAY 8, 2017

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Panama Emissions Fuel 283

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APRIL 11, 2020

In a three-year Business Finland BioFlex project, VTT—the Finnish state-owned research agency—and partners are exploring how suitable fuel oils made from biomass and waste plastics are for power plants and ship diesel engines. We are also conducting experiments to examine the suitability of the oils for applications.

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Waste Oil Finland Power 170

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APRIL 18, 2020

Tier II-compliant main engines for three 238-meter hybrid RoRo vessels intended for operation in the Baltic Sea. The MAN B&W ME-C engines—as part of the hybrid propulsion set-up—will enable a 100% increase in efficiency when measured in terms of consumption/ton of freight transported, compared to existing vessels.

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Supplies Engine Hybrid Energy 362

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NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Recently, DNV GL identified the five most promising alternative fuels for shipping, with hydrogen as the ultimate zero-emission solution. The first complete hydrogen-fueled prospect has now been assembled by Ulstein Design & Solutions BV and Nedstack Fuel Cell Technology BV. —Tore Ulstein, deputy CEO, Ulstein Group.

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Hydrogen Fuel Mariner Emissions 268

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MARCH 30, 2023

MAN Energy Solutions’ MAN 49/60DF dual-fuel engine has received its Type Approval after a five-day program on the testbed at company HQ in Augsburg, Germany. —Marita Krems, Head of Four-Stroke Marine & License, MAN Energy Solutions MAN Energy Solutions announced the launch of the 49/60DF at the 2022 SMM trade fair in Hamburg.

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Diesel Gas Mariner Engine 259

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MAY 19, 2015

The system features an integrated soot blower option, providing effective NO x reduction and overall catalyst performance when high sulfur fuels are used or engines operate at low exhaust temperature levels. Click to enlarge. The result is more effective NO x reduction and overall catalyst performance over the life of the system.

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Mariner Engine Japan South Korea 150

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Boskalis, a leading global dredging and marine expert, and GoodFuels Marine, a leading provider of sustainable marine biofuels to the global commercial shipping fleet, have successfully performed live tests on a sustainable wood-based drop-in biofuel called UPM BioVerno. UPM BioVerno is produced from wood-based tall oil.

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Mariner Fleet Finland Oil 150

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

has developed proprietary, breakthrough processes that convert either low-carbon isobutanol or low-value fusel oils—a mixture of alcohols that are byproducts from fermentation processes such as alcohol production—into renewable diesel. In addition to being a low-carbon intensity fuel, our product has no sulfur or particulates.

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Renewable Convert Diesel Oil 236