Production and delivery
DSME is set to deliver the first six boxships between April – December 2023, with the six ships covered by the new option scheduled for delivery by end-2024.
Authority comments
Wayne Jones OBE, Chief Sales Officer and Member of the Executive Board of MAN Energy Solutions, said, “The exercising of this option is a great show of confidence in the ME-GI engine and showcases MAN Energy Solutions’ continued leadership in the dual-fuel segment. As public criticism of emissions within the shipping segment increases exponentially, the ME-GI – with its extremely low methane-slip – is an increasingly attractive propulsion-solution, and particularly so for vessels such as large container ships.”
Bjarne Foldager, Senior Vice President and Head of Two-Stroke Business at MAN Energy Solutions, said, “The ME-GI is the world’s most efficient LNG engine, backed up by more than 1.7 million running hours on LNG alone, as well as our unique partnership approach and follow-up commitment for vessels in service. Furthermore, it has low CO2 and greenhouse-gas emissions, and a modular platform that facilitates conversion to other alternative fuels such as ammonia – should the need arise – which makes the engine truly future-proof.”
