Ship&Offshore | Issue 08/2024
X-Press Feeders ship rushed to Pacific Ocean yard for methanol retrofit
Earlier this year, an X-Press Feeders newbuild vessel initially contracted in 2021, the 1,170TEU Eco Umande , went straight from New Dayang shipyard to Pacific Ocean (Zoushan) Engineering, to be retrofitted for dual-fuel operation. After a three-month work period, in June, Pacific handed over the new vessel, fully retrofitted for methanol.The MAN Energy Solutions 5S50ME methanol installation involved a methanol fuel system, including stainless steel pipes for fuel supply. X-Press Feeders subsequently bunkered its first dual-fuel vessel with green methanol at the Port of Singapore....