Everllence claims 'world's first' methanol engine retrofit onboard COSCO boxship
German engine maker Everllence (formerly MAN Energy Solutions) has completed what it hails as “the world’s first” conversion of its two-stroke engine to dual-fuel methanol running, following the sea trials wrap-up of a 20,000 TEU containership owned by China’s COSCO Shipping Lines.
As informed, the vessel in question is the 200,000 dwt COSCO Shipping Libra. The conversion involved the Everllence B&W S90 two-stroke engine, i.e., the retrofitting of the seven-year-old ship’s 11S90ME-C engine to an 11S90ME-LGIM (-liquid gas injection methanol) unit.
The ship had recently also marked China’s inaugural ship-to-ship methanol bunkering operation, when it was refueled with 2,100 tons of this clean fuel at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai) (CHI Shanghai)’s shipyard terminal.
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China’s first ship-to-ship methanol bunkering completed
According to the German marine technology player’s officials, Everllence’s after-sales division PrimeServ worked together with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry from concept to execution in delivering the ‘world’s first’ S90 methanol engine retrofit, which encompassed a full-scope effort covering engineering, installation, commissioning, sea-trials and project management.
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