Safe, secure and efficient shipping on clean oceans
Shipowners opt for renewable methanol as a marine fuel
An increasing amount of shipowners are keen on methanol-fuelling systems. There will be a new set of safety guidelines devised to support the widespread uptake of this new marine fuel. The renewable methanol era is just at the very entry-stage - but will developing massively soon!
Marinvest, the Swedish ship-management company, has announced that its ‘Mari Jone’ and ‘Mari Boyle’, two of the first vessels powered by dual-fuel ME-LGI (-Liquid Gas Injection Methanol by MAN Energy Solutions) engines operating on methanol, have each passed 10,000 operating hours on the alternative fuel. Additionally, the company reports that its combined ME-LGI-powered fleet has passed a cumulative total of 50,000 operating hours on methanol. The ME-LGI engines are running smoothly with no maintenance issues. They are even showing an improvement in fuel efficiency.
The two methanol tankers are managed on time charters for Waterfront Shipping and operate globally, providing an uninterrupted flow of methanol between storage terminals and customer plants.
