Ship&Offshore | Issue 04/2025
Ammonia engine tests started
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (Mitsui E&S) has embarked on tests of the world’s first commercial, two-stroke, dual-fuel ammonia engine. A prototype engine, the MAN B&W 7S60ME-LGIA Mk 10.5, has now begun its first test run at the Japanese company’s Tamano plant. The 60-bore engine will eventually be installed on a 200,000dwt bulk carrier at Imabari Shipbuilding for a joint venture between K Line, NS United, and Itochu Corp. The installation will also have a MAN Energy & Solution’s High Pressure Catalytic Selective Catalytic Reduction system for IMO Tier III compliance....