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MARCH 9, 2013

Diesel will surpass gasoline as the number one transportation fuel worldwide by 2020 and continue to increase its share through 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s recently published Outlook For Energy: A View To 2040. Diesel demand accounts for 70% of the growth in demand for all transportation fuels through the forecast period to 2040.

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Gasoline Transportation 2020 Diesel 383

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine manufacturer, announced the successful completion of a full-scale demonstration test of a ME-GI dual-fuel MAN B&W two-stroke engines in combination with Hi-GAS.

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Mariner Hyundai Gas Supplies 225

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

MAN Diesel & Turbo introduced the L35/44DF engine, the latest addition to its four-stroke portfolio. The new marine engine offers dual diesel fuel-gas operation and can also be introduced as a retrofit to engines already in service. Click to enlarge.

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Mariner Engine Fuel Diesel 247

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Neste Oil, the Port of Rotterdam, and the Rotterdam Climate Initiative have launched a trial in which a Port Authority patrol boat will run for an extended period on Neste Oil’s NExBTL renewable diesel. This will be the first time that NExBTL renewable diesel has been used in a marine environment.

Mariner 225

Mariner Renewable Diesel Exhaust 225

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Wärtsilä has launched the 31SG pure gas engine for marine market applications. The 31SG is based on the successful Wärtsilä 31 product platform; the diesel version of the engine has been recognized by Guinness World Records as being the world’s most efficient 4-stroke diesel engine. MW, at 720 and 750 rpm.

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Mariner Gas Engine Hybrid 207

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APRIL 8, 2014

announced today that its natural gas engine L30KG—serving as the main engine for large vessels fueled solely by gas with an output capacity of more than 2 MW—has become the first Japanese-made gas engine to obtain type approval for the engine by DNV. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

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Mariner Gas Engine Japan 199

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JANUARY 28, 2011

MAN Diesel & Turbo is introducing its Liquid ME-GI (Liquid Gas Injection) engines for marine applications. The Liquid ME-GI is powered by LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas), a smaller market than LNG but of significance in certain segments such as the small tankers that ply river traffic and coastal shipping routes, the company said.

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Mariner Diesel Engine Sweden 210

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AUGUST 27, 2018

ABS has confirmed the successful conversion of a slow-speed marine diesel engine to operate on ethane as a fuel. The capability to burn efficiently ethane boil-off gas as engine fuel significantly reduces the need of gas re-liquefaction during the voyage. Earlier post.).

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Mariner Conversion Engine Fuel 218

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JANUARY 31, 2019

As part of a strategy to continue providing low-emissions solutions for harsh offshore operating environments, Siemens has opened a fully robotized and digitalized plant in Norway that will develop and manufacture energy storage technologies for both marine and offshore oil and gas applications.

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Energy Storage Mariner Li-ion Oil 239

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

(TTSI) is replacing its entire diesel trucking fleet with near-zero emission natural gas trucks, which it plans to fuel with carbon-negative renewable natural gas (RNG). TTSI’s 40 new near-zero emission heavy-duty compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks reduce this type of emissions by 90%. Southern California Gas Co.

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Los Angeles Long Beach Gas Emissions 305

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Rolls-Royce launched its latest in a series of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled marine engines at the SMM maritime exhibition in Hamburg. The engine is equally at home operating at constant speed driving alternators in gas-electric propulsion or auxiliary power generation systems. The stroke remains unchanged, at 45cm.

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Mariner Engine Diesel Gas-Electric 210

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AUGUST 15, 2019

A consortium led by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH is developing a solid-oxide fuel cell system as an alternative power generation on ships. The system is based on SOFC fuel cells which can be operated with low-sulfur diesel fuel or liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an energy source. Oel-Wärme-Institut gGmbH, Herzogenrath.

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Mariner Gas-Electric Fuel Gas 220

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JUNE 26, 2020

In an EU-funded research project, an international consortium is aiming to develop new production methods for sustainable marine fuels to replace heavy fuel oils in shipping. IDEALFUEL seeks to develop methods to convert woody residual and waste materials such as sawdust and wood chips into renewable marine fuels.

Mariner 273

Mariner Oil Fuel Cleaner 273

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JULY 23, 2019

Stäubli Electrical Connectors, a leading manufacturer of electrical connector solutions, has signed an agreement with SSA Marine to provide automatic charging stations for 33 terminal tractors at the Port of Long Beach. This project will create the largest automated electric vehicle charging program of any port in the United States.

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Mariner Long Beach Electric Vehicles Charging 257

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Danish fuel cell manufacturer Blue World Technologies is developing a methanol fuel cell-powered auxiliary power unit (APU) to replace conventional diesel generators for power supply on board ships. Blue World methanol fuel cell-based Auxiliary Power Unit. Blue World methanol fuel cell-based Auxiliary Power Unit.

Mariner 273

Mariner Fuel Waste Gas-Electric 273

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MAY 20, 2019

A life-cycle assessment of emissions from domestic and imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), and heavy-fuel oil (HFO) for marine shipping by a team from the University of British Columbia has found that only high-pressure dual-fuel (HPDF) engines robustly reduce well-to-wake GHG emissions by 10% compared with their HFO-fueled counterparts.

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Mariner Engine Fuel Exhaust 236

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JULY 3, 2013

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems shipped the first MaK M 46 DF dual fuel marine engine. The M 46 DF, Caterpillar’s first marine dual fuel solution, will power a newbuild ordered by Germany’s AIDA cruises. Three 12 M 43 C marine engines will also power the cruise liner. Click to enlarge.

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Mariner Engine Fuel Oil 186

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AUGUST 26, 2010

MHI) has developed a generator-integrated hybrid turbocharger for marine propulsion diesel engines which utilizes engine exhaust gas not only to drive the turbocharger but also to generate electricity. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Cutaway view of MET83MAG hybrid turbocharger. Click to enlarge.

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Exhaust Mariner Gas-Electric Gas 199

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APRIL 9, 2010

(MHI) has completed its first unit of the STG (Super Turbo Generating) System, a marine-use, high-efficiency, combined power generation system that utilizes waste heat and the exhaust gas from diesel engines. Tags: Engines Ports and Marine Waste Heat Recovery. The STG System (Super Turbo Generating System).

Mariner 199

Mariner Waste Mitsubishi Engine 199

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

million to fund a research program at USC to improve combustion efficiency in marine diesel engines and thereby reduce emissions. Koo will work with the USC Viterbi School of Engineering to establish the TCC Institute for Emissions Reduction From Marine Diesel Engines. Tags: Engines Ports and Marine. Gutmark, P.D.

Mariner 199

Mariner Diesel Emissions Engine 199

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Volkswagen Group Logistics will be using certified fuel from vegetable residues for certain new car shipments via marine routes. The two ships, which are both 180 meters long, are each powered by a MAN marine diesel with more than 19,000 PS (14,220 kW). In addition, sulfur oxide emissions will be almost completely avoided.

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Oil Fuel Mariner Climate Protection 418

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MAY 31, 2023

From May 2023 onwards, two tankers transporting Neste’s renewable diesel from Finland to Sweden will be fueled with a lower-emission marine fuel: Neste Marine 0.1 Neste Marine 0.1 Its use enables up to 80% lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the fuel’s life cycle compared to fossil fuel. Co-processed.

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Mariner Sweden Renewable Transportation 170

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Swiss marine power company WinGD and Korean engine builder HSD Engine have initiated a Joint Development Project (JDP) to advance the development of WinGD’s methanol-fueled big-bore engines. Sulzer started diesel engine manufacturing in 1903 in Winterthur. In 1986 the last diesel engine left the Winterthur facility.

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Engine Fuel Mariner Diesel 370

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JULY 11, 2013

Omnitek Engineering has been selected by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency for a pilot project to demonstrate its diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion technology for drayage trucks serving the Port of Seattle, Washington, in support of the Port’s Clean Truck Program.

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Seattle Conversion Diesel Gas 199

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MAY 18, 2020

Tritec Marine and Stena LNG have collaborated to create the innovative SAFE Bunker concept. The vessel is designed with dual fuel diesel-electric engines and podded propulsors in the bow and the stern. SAFE Bunker is an LNG bunker/feeder vessel of payload capacity of 7,500 m 3 with 2C type tanks and offsets accommodation.

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Mariner Concept 2019 Gas-Electric 243

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AUGUST 18, 2012

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the power system for four new diesel-electric powered tugs being built for Svitzer Australia Pty Ltd. The use of the Wärtsilä 20 engines as diesel-electric generating sets is a new development in the tugs market. The engines will operate on Marine Gas Oil (MGO).

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Diesel Power Powered Singapore 244

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MARCH 17, 2014

MAN SE, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles, engines and mechanical engineering equipment, and mostly owned by the Volkswagen Group, prefers “power-to-gas” instead. Power-to-gas, or e-gas as Audi calls it, converts surplus electricity into synthetic natural gas and utilizes the existing gas infrastructure.

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Gas Power Powered Gas-Electric 279

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AUGUST 31, 2018

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment Co., MHI) has developed new models of its MET Turbochargers for diesel engines. Axial-flow turbochargers are mainly used for large two-stroke marine propulsion diesel engines. Radial turbochargers are mainly used for four-stroke engines for marine and land use.

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Engine Diesel Mariner Mitsubishi 236

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

L Detroit Diesel Series 60 and the Caterpillar C15 engine models for the beginning of the second phase of a Puget Sound Clean Air Agency pilot project , which includes the development of diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion kits for these engine models and obtaining Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval.

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Seattle Conversion Gas Diesel 199

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MAY 4, 2021

In April, the company completed the diesel hydrotreater conversion, which will ramp up to 8,000 bbl/d (120 million gallons per year) of renewable diesel production by the third quarter of 2021. The renewable feedstocks will be primarily delivered across the Marine Terminal. Earlier post.).

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Conversion Renewable California Fuel 435

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

Wärtsilä has been awarded another contract to supply a complete liquefied natural gas (LNG) package, including the propulsion, auxiliaries and controls, for a new offshore support vessel designed by STX Marine, Inc. The ship has been ordered by Harvey Gulf International Marine as a part of the company’s “Going Green” initiative.

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Gas Mariner Gas-Electric Supplies 236

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

has developed proprietary, breakthrough processes that convert either low-carbon isobutanol or low-value fusel oils—a mixture of alcohols that are byproducts from fermentation processes such as alcohol production—into renewable diesel. Gevo expects this to open yet another door for Gevo products.

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Renewable Convert Diesel Oil 236

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. million in funding by the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) to supply diesel emission control technology as part of a New York City ferry emission reduction program. has been awarded $1.3

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Diesel Emissions Clean Cleaning 218

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AUGUST 26, 2012

Opcon, in collaboration with Wallenius Marine, recently completed the first reference installation of its Waste Heat Recovery technology for ocean-going vessels in a project supported by the Swedish Energy Agency. Opcon Powerbox ORC Marine version. each powered by a STX/MAN-B&W diesel engine, type. The MV Figaro. Earlier post.)

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Waste Installation Mariner Fuel 300

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Global GHG mitigation potential from aviation and marine transportation. Aviation and marine transportation combined are responsible for approximately 5% of total GHG emissions in the United States and 3% globally and are among the fastest growing modes in the transportation sector. Source: McCollum et al. Click to enlarge.

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Mariner Transportation Emissions Alternative Fuels 199

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MARCH 6, 2021

OCI) and MAN Energy Solutions (MAN) to develop methanol and ammonia as marine fuels to support industry-wide decarbonization and environmental preservation efforts. Also, EPS will construct newbuild vessels with MAN engines powered by the same two alternative marine fuels. OCI intends to charter the first retrofitted vessel from EPS.

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Mariner Fuel Engine Carbon 243

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JUNE 5, 2013

The new JV Company will focus on the production of GYMCL’s diesel and gas engine models YC6A, YC6L, YC6MK and Y&C Power’s advanced diesel and gas engine model YC6K to meet the needs of Bei Ben’s heavy-duty and medium-duty trucks and buses. Ltd to produce the YC6K diesel engine.

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China Mongolia Diesel Gas 186