Ship&Offshore | Issue 08/2024
Methanol engine conversions available next year
MAN Primeserv, the engine firm’s after-sales brand, will carry out the first four-stroke engine methanol retrofit for a pilot customer in autumn next year. From then on, clients will be able to convert existing MAN 48/60 engines to MAN 52/60DF units capable of using methanol in a dual-fuel arrangement. The retrofit package has been under development for some time and has now been tested at the company’s plant in Augsburg. It is envisaged that these engine conversions will become generally available, with or without a common-rail setup....