Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 08/2024
Engine de-rating a success
Car carrier | Höegh Autoliners, Accelleron, and Hanwha Engine have completed a project to undertake engine part-load optimisation (EPLO) on board the 2006-built pure car truck carrier, Höegh Detroit . The success of the project will lead to similar EPLO modifications on board seven more vessels in the company’s fleet. With fuel savings of 10g/kWh, equivalent to about 5%, the 7,850-CEU vessel will now use significantly less fuel, saving money and boosting its carbon intensity indicator (CII) ratings....