HHI Order Bolsters MAN’s ME-LGIM Orderbook

Hyundai’s Ship-Building Division, HHI-SBD, has ordered 6 × MAN B&W G95ME-C10.5-LGIM engines in connection with the building of 6 × 17,000-teu container ships for A.P. Møller-Maersk. 

Bjarne Foldager, Senior Vice President and Head of Two-Stroke Business, MAN Energy Solutions, said: “The adoption of methanol propulsion is gaining pace, behind which there are several drivers. Crucially, MAN B&W methanol engines are available and proven with the first engines having already entered service back in 2016. Additionally, as a fuel, methanol can be carbon-neutral when produced from renewable energy sources and bio-genic CO₂. The production capacity of such green methanol is currently increasing significantly; it is also liquid at ambient conditions, which simplifies tank design and minimises costs. Finally, our methanol engine only require a fuel-supply pressure of just 13 bar and a number of manufacturers already offer such fuel-supply systems today.”

In August 2021 MAN Energy Solutions confirmed that it had won the order to supply eight 95-bore ME-LGIM type engines to a Hyundai shipyard. The engines for the latest order will be built by an unspecified Korean licensee, MAN ES confirmed. 

Thomas S. Hansen, Head of Promotion and Customer Support, MAN Energy Solutions, said: “We currently have a total order book for 78 ME-LGIM engines. In addition, 19 of our 50-bore variants are already on the water and have accumulated more than 140,000 running hours on methanol alone. As a fuel, the future looks promising for methanol and we fully expect its uptake to encompass around 30% of all dual-fuel engine orders in just a few years from now.”