X-Press Feeders takes delivery of world’s first methanol dual-fuel retrofit boxship
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PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan on Sunday (23 June) delivered the container ship ECO UMANDE after converting it to a methanol dual-fuel ship to Singapore shipowner X-Press Feeders.
PaxOcean Engineering said the 1,170TEU feeder ship was the world’s first operating container ship to be retrofitted with a methanol dual-fuelled propulsion system.
The ship was delivered by Chinese shipyard New Dayang Shipbuilding in early March this year and X-Press Feeders appointed PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan to carry out the methanol retrofit shortly after the delivery.
The ship uses the world’s first 5S50ME methanol dual-fuel main engine newly developed by MAN of Germany, equipped with shaft-driven generators, adjustable propellers, suspended flap rudders and other energy-saving devices.
PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan said that the main engine dual-fuel modification is the key to the transformation, which requires the installation of seven new systems for methanol fuel and nitrogen in the original ship space.
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Published: 28 June, 2024
