Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 06/2023
Engines are the easy part of fuel conversions The long-time calls of engine
Engines are the easy part of fuel conversions The long-time calls of engine designers could be well-founded as observers highlight repair yard capacity and capabilities as a key challenge for vessel fuel conversions, writes freelance journalist Gavin Lipsith. The cautionary tale of Hapag-Lloyd’s containership Sajir has done little to dissuade early interest in methanol fuel conversions. The vessel, classed as ‘LNG ready’, was finally retrofitted at Huarun Dadong Dockyard in a project that overran by months (and tens of millions of dollars) and is often cited as the reason that LNG conversions have yet to gain traction....