Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 02/2018
Order for methanol-powered, ocean-going tankers
Global marine transportation company Waterfront Shipping Company Ltd (WFS), Marinvest/Skagerack Invest, IINO Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd, Mitsui & Co, Ltd, and the NYK Group have announced their plan to invest in four new ocean-going tankers, which will be equipped with MAN B&W ME-LGI two-stroke, dual-fuel engines that are capable of running on methanol, fuel oil, marine diesel oil or gas oil. The 49,000-dwt vessels will be built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea and are expected to be delivered in 2019....