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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Maritime classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Alfa Laval the first marine approval for operating boilers on methanol. Marine boilers generate steam for auxiliary machinery for various ship services or, in some cases, for main propulsion.

Mariner 416

Mariner Grant Oil Exhaust 416

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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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JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. Olmer et al.

Mariner 427

Mariner Climate Fuel Oil 427

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MARCH 10, 2023

HJSC) have respectively ordered seven and two MAN B&W G80ME-LGIM dual-fuel engines in connection with the construction of 9 × 9,000 TEU container vessels for HMM Co., The G80 engines will, upon delivery, be connectivity-ready and prepared for digital services such as PrimeServ Assist. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co.

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Engine Fuel Mariner South America 365

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JANUARY 26, 2023

MAHLE Powertrain is leading a project to develop sustainable propulsion solutions to retrofit to high-performance marine vessels where battery and other electrified technologies may not prove practical. The project will aim to deliver retrofit solutions at scale across commercial, professional, and governmental fleets.

Mariner 221

Mariner Hydrogen Clean Cleaning 221

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APRIL 15, 2022

A team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed a new computational model of a two-stroke scaled marine engine, with reduced chemical mechanisms for diesel, biodiesel, bio-oil, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). This work aims to develop a computational model of a scaled marine engine. Flavio D.F.

Mariner 170

Mariner Oil Engine Emissions 170

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

MAN Cryo, the wholly owned subsidiary of MAN Energy Solutions, has—in close cooperation with Fjord1 and Multi Maritime in Norway— developed a marine fuel-gas system for liquefied hydrogen. The award is significant in that the system is the first marine-system design globally to secure such an approval.

Mariner 259

Mariner Hydrogen Gas Fuel 259

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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. Marine engines for regenerative diesel have already been approved.

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Engine Diesel Exhaust Mariner 221

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JUNE 17, 2022

MAN Engines recently put its first two dual-fuel hydrogen-powered engines for work boats into serial operation. The engines are twelve-cylinder diesel engines of type MAN D2862 LE448, each with an output of 749 kW (1019 hp) at 2100 rpm. —Werner Kübler, Head of Development at MAN Engines. Hydrocat engine room.

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Engine Hydrogen Fuel Power 326

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APRIL 26, 2023

MAN Energy Solutions’ MAN 175D engine is formally approved for operation on biofuels, effective immediately. The engine itself does not require any technical adjustments, following the announcement. MAN Energy Solutions prepares its engines for operation on future and sustainable fuels and the MAN 175D is no exception.

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Engine Mariner Fuel Exhaust 284

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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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JUNE 15, 2022

WinGD and Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Engine Machinery Division (EMD) are to collaborate on delivering the first WinGD engine capable of running on ammonia. The project will explore ammonia concepts for both diesel-fueled WinGD X-type engines and dual-fuel LNG X-DF engines.

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Engine Hyundai Industrial Industry 284

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JULY 3, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä, in close customer cooperation with Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Repsol, as well as with the Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre, will commence the world’s first long-term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine. Earlier post.)

Mariner 207

Mariner Engine Fuel 2000 207

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AUGUST 27, 2018

ABS has confirmed the successful conversion of a slow-speed marine diesel engine to operate on ethane as a fuel. GI dual fuel (HFO/LNG) burning engine, which has now been converted to a dual fuel (HFO/Ethane) 6S50ME-C-GIE engine. —Paul Flaherty, Director of Fleet and Technical operations at Navigator Gas.

Mariner 218

Mariner Conversion Engine Fuel 218

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APRIL 26, 2021

The technology group Wärtsilä is participating in a consortium of Finnish research organisations and leading companies researching means for developing radical new solutions for clean and efficient marine and off-road transport. The development of machine learning control technology for greater accuracy in engine automation and control.

Mariner 170

Mariner Clean Cleaning Transportation 170

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NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Marine engine designer and power system integrator WinGD and engine builder Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Engine Machinery Division (HHI-EMD) will strengthen their collaboration by partnering to develop environmentally sustainable two-stroke engine technology. development. development. The X82DF-2.0

Engine 337

Engine Exhaust Gas Mariner 337

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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.

Mariner 236

Mariner Engine Fuel Exhaust 236

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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’ sustainable Bio-fuel Oil MR1-100 offers up to 90% CO 2 reduction; eliminates sulfur (SO x ); is compatible with the current engine and tank infrastructure and is easy to implement in any vessel.

Mariner 243

Mariner Oil Supplies Fuel 243

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APRIL 8, 2014

announced today that its natural gas engine L30KG—serving as the main engine for large vessels fueled solely by gas with an output capacity of more than 2 MW—has become the first Japanese-made gas engine to obtain type approval for the engine by DNV. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

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Mariner Gas Engine Japan 199

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

(MHI) will unveil by 2015 its own natural-gas-powered marine engine. MHI reportedly improved existing technology to develop a combustion engine that efficiently burns high-pressure gas through direct injection. The engine will be used for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, large tankers and container ships.

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Mariner Mitsubishi 2015 Gas 231

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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. The stroke remains unchanged, at 45cm.

Mariner 210

Mariner Engine Diesel Gas-Electric 210

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APRIL 6, 2022

A consortium of shipping stakeholders aims to develop demonstrators for two-stroke and four-stroke marine engines running on ammonia fuel. Wärtsilä has already proven an engine concept running on blends of up to 70% ammonia so far and will have a concept running on pure ammonia by 2023.

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Engine Mariner Concept Italy 210

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MARCH 21, 2021

Its Model 400 systems can use natural gas, hydrogen or LPG and natural gas as fuels. C lower than the typical operating temperatures, with higher efficiency and longer life. Doosan has focused primarily on stationary SOFCs up to now.

Mariner 273

Mariner Fuel Engine 2020 273

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Transport Canada has awarded a contract to Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, to develop an assessment tool to examine clean technologies that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the release of other pollutants from marine vessels.

Mariner 170

Mariner Canada Clean Cleaning 170

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved for sale in the US market marine natural gas engines designed to improve fuel efficiency, cut methane slip emissions and meet strict international environmental standards set to take effect in 2016. Click to enlarge.

Mariner 218

Mariner EPA For Sale Gas 218

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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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AUGUST 4, 2023

Yanmar maritime hydrogen fuel cell system In line with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) revised target of achieving zero net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by around 2050, the maritime sector is pursuing decarbonization efforts. Left: Testing of the marine hydrogen fuel cell system; Right: installation into a ship.

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Hydrogen Commercial Fuel Mariner 359

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JUNE 26, 2020

In an EU-funded research project, an international consortium is aiming to develop new production methods for sustainable marine fuels to replace heavy fuel oils in shipping. IDEALFUEL seeks to develop methods to convert woody residual and waste materials such as sawdust and wood chips into renewable marine fuels.

Mariner 273

Mariner Oil Fuel Cleaner 273

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

a developer of emission-free, energy-dense ammonia power solutions ( earlier post ), will purchase fuel cell engines from Ballard Power Systems for ammonia-to-power maritime applications. Ballard’s FCwave engine is a scalable fuel cell system certified for operation in marine environments. Amogy Inc., Earlier post.)

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Emissions Engine Fuel Mariner 186

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AUGUST 15, 2019

A consortium led by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH is developing a solid-oxide fuel cell system as an alternative power generation on ships. The system is based on SOFC fuel cells which can be operated with low-sulfur diesel fuel or liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an energy source. Oel-Wärme-Institut gGmbH, Herzogenrath.

Mariner 220

Mariner Gas-Electric Fuel Gas 220

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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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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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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. —Cyril Ducau, EPS CEO.

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Mariner Fuel Engine Available Today 243

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AUGUST 26, 2014

A recently released total fuel cycle analysis for maritime case studies shows that natural gas fuels reduce some air quality pollutants substantially, and reduce major greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions slightly, when compared to conventional petroleum-based marine fuels (low-sulfur and high-sulfur).

Mariner 291

Mariner Pollution Gas Emissions 291

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JANUARY 31, 2019

As part of a strategy to continue providing low-emissions solutions for harsh offshore operating environments, Siemens has opened a fully robotized and digitalized plant in Norway that will develop and manufacture energy storage technologies for both marine and offshore oil and gas applications. —Bjørn Einar Brath.

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Energy Storage Mariner Li-ion Oil 239

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AUGUST 11, 2022

UK-based Expleo, a global engineering, technology and consultancy service provider, has developed a closed-loop fuel solution for global shipping that delivers a 92% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe) in the model vessel. —Jonathan Taylor, VP of Marine, Expleo. Bibby Wavemaster 1, the model vessel. million (US$1.7

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Global Mariner Fuel Wind 512

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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Swiss engine designer WinGD, a leading developer of two-stroke low-speed gas and diesel engines used for propulsion power in merchant shipping, said that its engines will be able to run on methanol and ammonia from 2024 and 2025 respectively. —Volkmar Galke, Director of Global Sales, WinGD.

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Engine Switzerland Carbon Gas-Electric 433