MAN Energy Solutions has confirmed plans to deliver a new two-stroke methanol engine in June 2025.
The new engine is claimed to be the most powerful of its kind globally and is currently under construction by Chinese licensee CSSC-MES Diesel (CMD).
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The engine, designated as the MAN B&W 12G95ME-C10.5-LGIM (liquid gas injection methanol), is rated at 82,440kW at 80 rpm. It is part of a series of 12 engines destined for a fleet of 12 × 24,000 TEU container vessels.
Seven of the container vessels are being built at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) for Orient Overseas Container (OOCL), and five units at Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) for COSCO Shipping Lines.
MAN Energy Solutions Two-Stroke Business head Bjarne Foldager said: “At MAN Energy Solutions, our vision of ‘Moving Big Things to Zero’ motivates everything we do in developing the engine technology to operate on those fuels vying for prominence in the future market.
“This latest, remarkable milestone – the world’s most powerful methanol engine – is just the latest fulfilment of that.”
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By GlobalDataThe ME-LGIM dual-fuel engine is designed for operation on both methanol and conventional fuels.
It is based on the company’s established ME-series, which has approximately 8,500 engines currently in operation, and functions according to the diesel principle.
When powered by green methanol, this engine provides carbon-neutral propulsion for large merchant vessels.
Each engine will incorporate MAN Energy’s proprietary exhaust gas recirculation turbocharger cut-out (EGRTC) emissions system, which is claimed to be the largest two-string EGR system in existence for two-stroke engines.
MAN Energy Solutions two-stroke sales and promotion head Christian Ludwig said: “As we move towards a multi-fuel future, interest in methanol has grown steadily.
“To date, between newbuild engines and retrofits, we have won over 230 ME-LGIM references that have accumulated over 600,000 hours running on methanol alone.”
In December 2024, MAN Energy completed the methanol retrofit on the Maersk Halifax, a very large container vessel.
The retrofit, carried out by MAN PrimeServ, converted the vessel’s main engine to a dual-fuel MAN B&W ME-LGIM unit.
