Alfa Laval to supply methanol fuel supply systems for six new feeders
The FCM Methanol fuel supply system (Source: Alfa Laval)
Alfa Laval is to supply its FCM Methanol fuel supply systems for six 1,170-TEU dual-fuel feeder container ships ordered by X-Press Feeders group company, Eastaway, in China.
They are to be built at Ningbo Xinle Shipbuilding Group Co Ltd, and New Dayang Shipbuilding Co.Ltd, and will have MAN B&W ME-LGIM engines that can run on methanol or conventional marine fuels.
The FCM Methanol safely supplies methanol within the flow rate, pressure, temperature, and filtration parameters specified by the engine maker, Alfa Laval said. The system can be adapted to any engine and vessel design and, since 2015, has been chosen for nearly 20 methanol projects for more than ten shipping companies.
Peter Nielsen, president of Alfa Laval Marine Separation & Heat Transfer Equipment, said: “With their ability to sail on green methanol, these vessels will be front-runners in the move to carbon-neutral operations. Methanol is a major advance on the path to decarbonisation, and the FCM Methanol can be instrumental for shipowners in making the leap.”
