Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 05/2022
LPG engine retrofit programme completed
BW LPG is set to make significant efficiency gains following completion of its 15-ship dual-fuel LPG engine conversion project. The last vessel is the series, BW Malacca , had its MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.5-LGIP dual-fuel engine installed during its five-year docking at Yiu Lian Dockyards in Shenzhen, China, and has now undergone successful sea trials. The project was undertaken under the supervision of MAN PrimeServ, MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division. The retrofit programme, first announced in September 2018, began with the October 2020 conversion of BW LPG’s BW Gemini , which then became the world’s first commercial vessel to be powered by a two-stroke, LPG dual-fuel engine....