Interviews

Future Marine Fuels: While all of the potential alternative fuels have their particular advantages and disadvantages, LNG is available and remains the current frontrunner. ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Marine Fuels for the Motorships of the Future

Dorthe Jacobsen was emphatic that regulatory and/or financial incentives would be needed for the industry to meet the IMO's decarbonisation targets. INTERVIEWS

Acting to meet long term objectives

Total Lubmarine recently completed a successful 1,400-hour trial of Talusia Universal on a dual-fuel MAN B&W 7G50ME-GIE engine (similar to the engine pictured) running continuously on gas with pilot fuel oil. INTERVIEWS

Formulating answers to the industrys lubrication needs

Luca Volta of ExxonMobil noted that it would take at least three months to get a clearer view of the post-IMO 2020 landscape. INTERVIEWS

Navigating a world of changing fuels

Martial Claudepierre discussed how the introduction of LNG as a fuel for the maritime sector had required the time-consuming development of expertise across the sector. (Credit: Bureau Veritas) INTERVIEWS

Learning from experience

Rolf Stiefel, Vice President Sales, WinGD speaking at The Motorship Propulsion and Future Fuels conference in Hamburg last week. INTERVIEWS

This is no time to hesitate

Stefan Goranov, Program Manager – Hybridisation at engine designer WinGD. ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

The appliance of data science to hybridisation

Captain Richard von Berlepsch shared his thoughts on the 'Sajir' LNG conversion project among other topics. INTERVIEWS

A view from the mountaintop

Olav Hansen, Senior Principal Consultant in Lloyd’s Register Risk Management Consulting, is a leading authority on the use of hydrogen and is involved in a number of hydrogen development projects. (Credit: Lloyd's Register) ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Taking the lead on hydrogen safety

Kaj Portin noted existing Wärtsilä dual-fuel LNG engines could be retrofitted to run on 10-15% hydrogen "relatively quickly" (credit: Wärtsilä) ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Wärtsilä hydrogen research bears fruit