Engines & Fuel

Caterpillar Marine will expand electric and hybrid offerings

Leveraging expertise from across the Caterpillar, Inc. enterprise, Caterpillar Marine plans to expand its hybrid and electric offerings, selectively incorporating technology from machine and off-highway products

Cat Marine says this will expand its capabilities to deliver advanced power systems that will help minimize customers’ fuel usage, environmental impact and total cost of ownership while maximizing reliability and productivity.

The aim is not only to supply optimized hybrid and electric...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/engines-fuel/caterpillar-marine-will-expand-electric-and-hybrid-offerings/

MAN notches up more than 100 orders for its ME-GA engine

The latest addition to MAN Energy Solutions’ dual-fuel two stroke portfolio, the Otto-cycle MAN B&W ME-GA engine, has already won 100 orders since May 2021. Simultaneously, the company reports that the first ME-GA-powered LNG carrier will enter service in the summer of 2023.

The ME-GA engine was designed to deliver a low CAPEX solution aimed at certain vessel types and applications, such as LNG carriers that are able to use boil-off gas as a source of fuel.

“The speed with which the ME-GA has...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/engines-fuel/man-notches-up-more-than-100-orders-for-its-me-ga-engine/

CSL completes world’s largest B100 biofuel tests on marine engines

Late last month, Montreal headquartered CSL Group, the largest owner and operator of self-unloading ships in the world, completed the world’s longest-running trials of B100 biodiesel on marine engines, accumulating nearly 30,000 running hours. Conducted on one half of CSL’s Canadian fleet, the tests resulted in a 23% total fleet life cycle reduction of CO2 as compared to marine gas oil (MGO).

During the trials, conducted in partnership with Canada Clean Fuels and with the collaboration of...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/csl-completes-worlds-largest-b100-biofuel-tests-on-marine-engines/

Sembcorp Marine’s LMG Marin to design green ammonia tanker

Sembcorp Marine reports that its Bergen, Norway-based subsidiary, LMG Marin AS is to design the world’s first tanker to be both fueled by green ammonia and carry it as fuel.

The tanker, the MS Green Ammonia, is being built for Grieg Edge, the dedicated innovation unit of the Grieg Maritime Group. Powered by green ammonia, the zero-emission vessel will transport and distribute green ammonia fuel from a production facility in Berlevåg, Norway, to one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas,...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/environment/sembcorp-marines-lmg-marin-to-design-green-ammonia-tanker/

Chevron and Caterpillar eye hydrogen-fueled marine applications

Could a hydrogen-fueled version of the Electro-Motive Diesel two-stroke engine, long a U.S. marine industry work horse, be in the works? These days, the EMD engine is produced by Caterpillar’s Progress Rail subsidiary, which will play a key role in a collaboration between Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) that was announced yesterday.

One goal of the collaboration is to confirm the feasibility and performance of hydrogen for...

https://www.marinelog.com/engines-fuel/chevron-and-caterpillar-eye-hydrogen-fueled-marine-applications/

Motor Services Hugo Stamp names Maxwell Illing engine sales manager

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Motor Services Hugo Stamp Inc. (MSHS Group) has promoted Maxwell Illing to engine sales manager.

In this new role, Illing will be responsible for driving nationwide strategy, performance, growth, and dealer development in the marine diesel engine and propulsion sales market from recreational watercraft to commercial marine markets for brands such as FPT North America, Moteurs Baudouin and Alamarin Jet.

Illing, who has more than 12 years of marine industry experience,...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/motor-services-hugo-stamp-names-maxwell-illing-engine-sales-manager/

NYK Line opts for WinGD hybrid solutions for car carrier quartet

WinGD digital and hybrid specialist Steven Goranov

Engine developer WinGD is making its debut in the hybrid sector. Four newbuild car carriers ordered by Japan’s NYK Line will feature an integrated hybrid power solution that will help dramatically cut their GHG emissions. The pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) will run on LNG, with power being provided by WinGD’s 7X62DF-2.1 two-stroke engines coupled with shaft generators, DC-links and battery systems.

Based on its in-depth knowledge of the main engine’s performance WinGD has optimized spinning...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/nyk-line-opts-for-wingd-hybrid-solutions-for-car-carrier-quartet/

U.S. LNG exports soar

Graphic shows U.S. LNG export totals over time in relation to export terminal capacity

Figures released yesterday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) show that monthly U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports reached record highs in the first half of 2021, averaging 9.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). This average marks an increase of 42%, or 2.8 Bcf/d, compared with the same period in 2020 (according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s LNG Monthly reports and EIA estimates for June 2021, based on shipping data from Bloomberg Finance L.P.).

Source: Graph by the...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/markets/u-s-lng-exports-soar/

Wärtsilä reports encouraging results with zero carbon fuels

Full-scale engine tests running on ammonia and hydrogen as fuels have recently been carried out in Wärtsilä’s engine laboratory in Vaasa, Finland.

The tests are being performed to assess the optimum engine parameters for running on these fuels and the results are reported to be “very encouraging.” One test engine performed very well when running on a fuel with 70% ammonia content at a typical marine load range. Tests were also completed successfully on another engine in pure hydrogen operation.

H...

https://www.marinelog.com/engines-fuel/wartsila-reports-encouraging-results-with-zero-carbon-fuels/

Hyundai orders world’s first ME-GA engines

MAN Energy Solutions has booked the first orders for its new low pressure ME-GA two-stroke stroke engine. HHI-EMD (Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Engine Machinery Division) has ordered a dozen of them.

Six new 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carriers will each be powered by two 5G70ME-GA10.5 engines.

KLC and Pan Ocean have each ordered two of the ships, while Knudsen and JP Morgan have each ordered a single vessel. On delivery to the shipowners from Hyundai’s Shipbuilding Division (HHI-SBD) in Korea, they...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/hyundai-orders-worlds-first-me-ga-engines/

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