On August 19, the certificate-awarding ceremony for the project of retrofitting the first operating ship’s main engine to a methanol dual fuel engine was held at CCS Zhejiang Branch, a modified methanol dual fuel engine product certificate and a marine engine air pollution prevention certificate first issued to the main engine of “Lingxian 1”, a domestic vessel owned by Zheneng Mailing.
CCS, as the “main force” and “national team” of ship survey, has been committed to deepening cooperation with enterprises to promote high-quality development and green, digital transformation and upgrading. As a result of climate change and increasingly stringent emission legislation the shipping industry has started with a transition to sustainable propulsion. Methanol is a viable fuel to reach this goal, which has the advantage and safer over hydrogen, ammonia that it is a liquid at atmospheric conditions. So it becoming the attractive choice of new fuels in marine future. This certification marks another important achievement of CCS in assisting the localization of China’s green energy core equipment. It indicates that CCS has taken a solid step forward in guaranteeing China’s green energy security. It is also a successful example of CCS to work with the industry to implement the new development concept, serve the construction of a new development pattern, respond to energy conservation and emission reduction, and assist in the implementation of China’s “dual carbon” goals, and promote the high-quality development of the marine product manufacturing industry.
Since the project was launched. CCS Zhejiang Branch and CCS Qingdao Branch have been deeply involved in the front line of the project, actively assisted the clients in the formulation and approval of the construction scheme, on-site survey and testing of modification, as well as emission testing and other technical problems. They have also coordinated and solved a series of technical problems in testing, and successfully completed the conversion survey of methanol dual fuel engines.
Next, CCS will continue to leverage its technological advantages and actively collaborate with relevant enterprises to promote the recognition and survey of high-pressure direct-injection diesel engines in methanol cylinders, and the retrofitting of the operating ship diesel engine, empower and accelerate the development of new productive forces, and assist in the green transformation and upgrading of ships and marine equipment.
Source: China Classification Society
