Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 02/2025
Methane reduction equipment ordered
EnviroPac | French container line, CMA CGM, is to install newly released EnviroPac methane reduction systems from Wärtsilä on eight 9,200-TEU LNG-fuelled container ships under construction at Shanghai Waigaogiao Shipbuilding (SWS) in China. The EnviroPac systems will be fitted to Wärtsilä 34DF constant speed engines. The order for the first two vessels was booked by Wärtsilä’s joint venture company, CWEC (Shanghai) Co Ltd in the final quarter of 2024. Although LNG offers a promising option to replace conventional carbon-heavy fuels, methane slip is a significant disadvantage....