PVU

First of six LNG-fueled box ships completes trials

The first in a series of six LNG-fueled neo-Panamax containerships has successfully completed sea and LNG gas trials in Korea. The ships are being built for Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping at the HSHI (Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries) shipyard and are each powered by an MAN B&W 11G90ME-GI main engine. The engines are the first to feature MAN Energy Solutions’s Pump Vaporizer Unit (PVU).

CMA CGM has already chartered the first vessel, named Tenere, from Eastern Pacific.

“The successful gas...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/first-of-six-lng-fueled-box-ships-completes-trials/

Innovative Pump Vaporizer Based MAN Engines for 11 Vessels

  • 11 engines from Eastern Pacific Shipping will be powered by MAN B&W-branded two-stroke engines, and will be constructed at HSHI.
  • Currently 55 ME-GI engines are in service logging over 265,000 running hours, by which the ME-GI engine has become an industry standard.
  • 6 ME-GI engines will feature MAN Energy Solutions’ new PVU, a low-cost pump unit for the supply of LNG to the ME-GI engines.
  • The ME-GI act as environmentally friendly, reliable propulsion technology with its seamless switching...

http://mfame.guru/innovative-pump-vaporizer-based-man-engines-for-11-vessels/