MAN Engines reports that it has put its first two dual fuel hydrogen-powered engines for work boats into serial operation. The two twelve-cylinder MAN D2862 LE448, diesel engine each have an output of 749 kW (1,019 hp) at 2,100 rpm.
The low-emission engines will be used in the world’s first hydrogen-powered crew transfer vessel (CTV), the Hydrocat 48 operated by Windcat Workboats, which is owned by Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), long an advocate of hydrogen as a marine fuel.
The engines are IMO...