Ship&Offshore | Issue 06/2024
MAN wins methanol genset order
Chemical tanker | MAN Energy Solutions has clinched an order for three dual-fuel methanol gensets for a 7,990dwt IMO Type II chemical bunker tanker, due for delivery in the final quarter of 2025. The three MAN 6L21/31DF-M engines will be part of a diesel-electric propulsion setup incorporating electric motors driving a pair of fixed-pitch propellers via gearboxes. Batteries and an energy storage system will optimise the use of the generators, MAN said. CMP, a division of the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation and the engine company’s licensee, will build the engines in China....