Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 02/2023
Step forward for ammonia-fuelled engine development
Swiss-based marine engine manufacturer, WinGD, and Belgium’s CMB.TECH, a clean energy technology firm, are to pool resources in the development of a large ammonia-fuelled engine suitable for large bulk carriers. The two-stroke X72DF engines are to be installed on a series of 210,000dwt bulk carriers that will be built at a Chinese shipyard in 2025 and 2026. Both companies believe that zero-carbon ammonia will play ‘a significant role’ in the decarbonisation of shipping. The big bulkers will prove that ammonia-fuelled engines can be developed for effective deployment on large sea-going vessels, the companies said....