MAN Energy Solutions has announced that its MAN 175D engine is formally approved for operation on biofuels, effective immediately. This applies to all standard biofuels such as HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) and FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) fuels up to a content of 100%. Crucially, the engine itself does not require any techni…

MAN Energy Solutions and Vicinity Energy have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of heat pumps as a low climate impact energy source for district heating. Together, the companies will collaborate in the advocacy for and the development of low-temperature source heat pump systems for steam generation an…

MAN Energy Solutions’ MAN 49/60DF engine has received its Type Approval after a five-day programme on the testbed in Augsburg, Germany . The Type Approval Test was witnessed by inspectors who signed the test protocol upon the successful completion of the schedule.The most recent addition to its four stroke engine portfolio, the du…

Matson Navigation Company has confirmed that it will convert the main engine aboard its container ship, ‘ Kaimana Hila ’, from an MAN B&W S90ME-C10.5 unit to a dual-fuel ME-GI unit capable of running on LNG. In doing so, it is exercising an option contained in a contract it signed with MAN Energy Solutions in June 2022 to perf…

Classification society, RINA , has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate to MAN Energy Solutions for its methanol-ready MAN L/V 32/44CR engine. The AiP covers an upgrade concept for the four-stroke engine for conversion to dual-fuel running on methanol to provide greater flexibility to shipowners. Patrizio Di Francesc…