Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 02/2023
Methanol engine deal in Japan
Bulk carrier | Mitsui E&S Machinery, a MAN Energy Solutions’ licensee in Japan, has won a contract to build a methanol-fuelled engine for a 65,700dwt bulk carrier to be built at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding. Mitsui will supply a MAN B&W 6G50ME-LGIM (Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) engine for the new ship. The identity of the shipowner has not been revealed. According to data from DNV, 35 methanol-fuelled ships were ordered in 2022.