The construction of a 89,000 dwt methanol dual-fuel bulk carrier for the Chinese shipowner Fujian Guohang Ocean Shipping (Group) Co., Ltd. has successfully commenced at the Weihai Base of Wuhu Shipyard Co., Ltd. located in China.
This project is a new effort of the China Classification Society (CCS) to work closely with the shipping industry to create a net zero emission intelligent bulk carrier design scheme.
CCS mentions that the ship is equipped with a methanol dual-fuel power system that can use bio-diesel, and has an optimized methanol fuel tank capacity, which can directly achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from the ship while balancing the economy of operation through flexible fuel structure ratio.
In the early stage of ship type development, CCS Shanghai Rules & Research Institute has closely cooperated with Fujian Guohang Ocean Shipping (Group) Co., and the designer Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design Co., to carry out a lot of technical research and ship type optimization in terms of overall ship performance, compartment arrangement, hull structure, methanol dual-fuel system as well as economic analysis, intelligent system, etc.
“Thus achieved a saving and optimization of about 2% of steel investment compared to similar ships, and reduced the weight of empty ship and further improved the energy efficiency level of the ship,” CCS said in its release.
