Largest methanol-fuelled engine bags factory and type test approvals

It will be installed on a 16,000 TEU container ship in China.

The largest methanol-fuelled engine by Swiss marine power company WinGD will soon be brought to China after it has passed factory and type approval tests.

According to WinGD, the ten-cylinder, 92-bore X-DF-M engine will be used in a 16,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit container ship being built for COSCO Shipping.

This development was marked by a delivery ceremony held at engine builder CMD in Shanghai.

There were eight classification societies present during the event for a signing of the X-DF‑M type approval certification, which assures that the engine can be built to WinGD’s design by all engine builders.

WinGD said there are 56 orders for X-DF-M engines across bore sizes ranging from 52 to 92 in similar cylinder configurations and engine rating fields as diesel-fuelled X-Engines.

“The addition of methanol capability to WinGD’s engine line-up further extends the decarbonisation options available to deep-sea ship operators, which include the long-established X-DF LNG-fuelled engine platform and a new ammonia-fuelled X-DF-A platform,” the company said.

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