Methanol-Fueled MAN 21/31DF-M GenSets Secure First Propulsion Order For Chemical Bunker Tanker

MAN Energy Solutions has secured an order for three Dual Fuel-Methanol — MAN 6L21/31DF-M—GenSets that will operate on methanol in connection with building a 7,990 dwt chemical bunker tanker (IMO Type II).

The dual-fuel engines will be part of a diesel-electric propulsion system on the vessel, with electrical motors driving twin fixed-pitch propellers through gearboxes.

Besides, an onboard battery-storage system will facilitate the vessel’s dual-fueled generators.

The engines will be built in China by MAN Energy Solutions’ licensee, CMP, the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation’s engine-manufacturing division. The vessel will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2025.

The new build will also operate at the Singapore port under the charter to deliver marine fuels.

The port is preparing strategies for a stable supply of methanol from 2025 to fulfil expected bunkering requirements for methanol-fueled vessels.

Bjarne Foldager, MAN Energy Solutions’s Country Manager (Denmark), said that seeing their trusted MAN L21/31 GenSets go into the vessels as a methanol-fueled version indicates that maritime decarbonization is a central consideration for shipowners in vessel segments and sizes.

Regardless of the market served by the shipowner, the dual-fuel portfolio clearly demonstrates that it encourages all to participate in the green transition.

Thomas S. Hansen, MAN Energy Solutions’ Head of Sales and Promotion, commented that the MAN L21/31 engine is relatively well-established in the current market, having racked up approximately 2,750 sales.

The reliability of its cost-effective, port fuel-injection notion now positions the 21/31DF-M as the preferred, small-bore engine with medium speed for GenSet and diesel-electric propulsion solutions while satisfying growing market demands to balance OPEX and CAPEX.

With the shipping market experiencing a raised interest in methanol as marine fuel and orders for methanol-fueled vessels steadily increasing as part of many companies’ decarbonization strategies, the introduction of dual-fuel engines is timely.

Reference: Marine Link

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