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DR. GUNNAR STIESCH, CTO, MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS

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Gunnar Stiesch 2015, with the ? rst vessel sailing in 2016. It really took off in 2021 with many large orders, especially for container vessels, and today we have more than 200 large two-stroke engines on order, a number have been delivered and are in operation.

The second I would like to mention is on our four-stroke en- gine side, the development of our all new 49/60 engine plat- form; an entirely new platform with both inline and V-type en- gines, both for marine applications, for stationary applications, and prepared for all different kinds of fuel, at sea and on shore.

And the ? rst engines, both for marine applications but also sta- tionary have been delivered are now going into operation. This engine family will set a technical benchmark for many years, and I'm really proud on that development too.

What are your top priorities in the next 12 to 24 months?

A couple of things. On the two-stroke side, ? nalizing the development of the ammonia engine, with a large ? rst com- mercial engine ready for delivery end of the year, and then pilot installations and later on roll out to the market. On the four-stroke engine side, it is certainly methanol engines both for new builds and for retro? ts, where a large number of engine types will come out in the next couple of years because there's a large interest, especially on methanol on the four-stroke en- gine side. But also, a priority remains looking at methane en- gines, on methane slip and reducing methane slip. There we have come a long way. There are two-stroke MEGI engines with close to zero methane slip today, but also on four-stroke engine side substantial reductions have been achieved.

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