Heavy Fuel Oil

  • The Penco Division of Hudson Engineering Company, Nissho- Iwai American Corporation and Showa Marine Kogyo Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, have announced the appointment of Penco as the exclusive marketing, service and distributor of Blender Ace.

    Showa has been manufacturing the Blender Ace system for a number of years with dozens of successful installations on a worldwide basis. Blender Ace is a fuel mixing system which provides a blend of marine diesel oil and heavy fuel oil designed to maximize fuel cost savings. It is easy to install and has virtually no moving parts.

    Blender Ace uses a static mix ing unit which develops a perfect blend over a wide range of viscosities. The system provides a direct fuel feed to the engine and the only moving part is the heavy fuel oil booster pump.

    The Blender Ace system features an adjustable diesel oilheavy oil mixing ratio. Extensive tests aboard ships have proven that fouling of pistons and valves proceed at a normal rate with mixtures of 60 percent marine diesel and 40 percent heavy fuel oil. Also no significant changes were found in the exhaust gas temperatures.

    For further i n f o r m a t i o n on Blender Ace and other supplies and services provided by Penco, Write 22 on Reader Service Card

  • Emulsification module. Drew Marine's homogenizer is a milling machine equipped with concentric, cone-shaped gears with toothed surfaces that grind heavy fuel oil as it is pumped through the handling system. Drew Marine supports the homogenizer through a unique program of comprehensive fuel management

  • has resulted in a collision, allision or grounding. The myriad reasons for this trend, to one extent or another, all center around the switching from heavy fuel oil to distillates as the vessels enter the Golden State’s local ‘ECA.’ What operators do in the face of the coming environmental storm can make all

  • Power Research Inc. (PRI) is a manufacturer of industrial grade fuel treatments designed to treat heavy fuel oil, diesel and gasoline. Founded in 1985, PRI chemistries incorporate proprietary thermal stability technologies that permit cleaner combustion, reduced emissions, and prevention of deposits

  • emissions as well as reducing the CO2 emissions by 23%, NOX emissions by 92% and particulate emissions by 98%, compared to ships powered by traditional heavy fuel oil. The Waste Heat Recovery System provides both electricity from a steam generator and heating from warm water in the accommodation areas. The 170

  • IMO® Pump Division, Monroe, N.C., Transamerica Delaval Inc., has developed a unit to blend heavy fuel oil with diesel oil in order to lower power costs of running ship service diesel generator sets and other auxiliary engines. Normally, the use of blended fuel presents logistics problems and

  • — L i t e r a t u r e Available A high-tech method to remove water and impurities from heavy fuel oil, improve engine performance, and prevent diesel breakdowns are features of Centrico's product line. Westfalia oil-purifying centrifuges, including the automatic, self-cleaning model OSA 20 and the

  • the combustion process in medium-speed, fourstroke diesel engines. The development goals are: reduce fuel consumption, equip engine to burn cheap heavy fuel oil of ever poorer quality. The results achieved on the onecylinder BV1M 540 experimental engine have also been verified by using BV6M 540 and

  • come up with a robust design that didn’t use the hold. While the role reversal was noticed, a design now exists for cross-Atlantic voyages using LNG, heavy fuel oil and marine diesel. Steadfast supply chain For other yards coming to grips with sulfur in fuel, arranging retrofits for carbon dioxide scrubbers

  • Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted regulations in October of 2009 under Marpol’s Annex VI requiring significant reductions in sulfur contained in the heavy fuel oils. The limit declines to 0.1 % on January 1, 2015 in the Emission Control Areas (ECAs). Nitrogen Oxide reductions take place in 2020 with the ECAs

  • 5100 is specially formulated cylinder oil designed to mitigate the effects of cold corrosion in new design two-stroke marine engines operating on heavy fuel oil. Mobilgard 5100 joins Mobilgard 560 VS and Mobilgard 570 as the latest addition to ExxonMobil’s range of world class cylinder oils, each engineered

  • was presented by Michael Stepanovich, marketing manager for Alfa-Laval, Inc. The following paragraphs are excerpts from his paper. The quality of heavy fuel oil burned in diesel engines on-board ships and in power stations is changing worldwide due mainly to increased demand, increased severity of

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    shaft tem" from ClassNK. The primary ob- straight that was 1-meter out-of-center jective of this system is to advance line with full class approval. Heavy the use of zero-emission ships in the Emission Monitors equipment with a tiny straightening tol- maritime sector, effectively eliminating Green

  • MR Feb-24#40 Images Seaspan Corporation/Foreship
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    Images Seaspan Corporation/Foreship With plans to have a full-scale test engine running on am- age it'll be similar to LNG.” Looking at the engine makers and monia in early 2024, the company said it expects to hold its de- their progress, Brindley is diplomatic in saying that there is no livery timeline

  • MR Feb-24#39 15,000 TEU AMMONIA CONTAINERSHIP
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    15,000 TEU AMMONIA CONTAINERSHIP 000 TEU Containership the problematic area of adding carbon like you have with other alternative fu- “Safety has been at the els. When you start to add components center of the design, and into that, carbon is one of the most dif- it will continue to be so ? cult ones

  • MR Feb-24#38 TECH FEATURE
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    TECH FEATURE Ammonia and the 15,00 A project initiated by Seaspan Corporation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has set out to develop a design for a large 15,000-TEU ammonia-fueled container vessel. Image Seaspan Corporation/Foreship By Greg Trauthwein orking with

  • MR Feb-24#36 HYBRID 
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propeller PTO powertrai)
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    HYBRID 2-stroke controllable pitch propeller PTO powertrain Source: MAN Energy Solutions how the system is intended to operate, says Oskar Levander, VP Strategy & Business Development, Kongsberg Maritime. For example, a primary shaft-driven PTO rotates whenever the engine is running; a secondary one

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    power outputs. can also act as a motor to provide the power boost needed to “We do a lot of optimization,” explains Jens Ring Nielsen, keep schedules in heavy seas or to navigate ice-infested waters Senior Technology Engineer at MAN Energy Solutions. “If without the need for overloading or oversizing the

  • MR Feb-24#33 EAL  AND STERN TUBE DAMAGES
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    EAL AND STERN TUBE DAMAGES STACKING not forget any oil leak, big or small, can be catastrophic to the marine environment and marine life, with some EALs found to THE DECKS be only slightly less damaging than the phased-out traditional WITH BEST-IN-CLASS MARINE oils,” said VP of Business Development

  • MR Feb-24#32 REPAIR
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    REPAIR Photo Courtesy Marine and Industrial Transmissions ings to optimize load distribution. A large number of the incidents analyzed by Gard were attributed to ghost ? shing gear that enter the stern tube seal area causing seawater to contaminate the lubrication oil. A 2022 study by CSIRO scientists

  • MR Feb-24#31 EAL  AND STERN TUBE DAMAGES
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    EAL AND STERN TUBE DAMAGES “Our recommendations “A good bearing are simple. Please design is have good control over important.” your oil quality in the primary barrier, the aft – Øystein Åsheim Alnes sealing system,” Head of section for Propulsion and Steering, – Arun Sethumadhavan DNV

  • MR Feb-24#30 REPAIR
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    REPAIR Photo courtesy Marine and Industrial Transmissions STERN TUBE DAMAGE DECLINING? It might be easy to blame EALs, but the ongoing causes of stern tube damage are varied, and possibly declining. By Wendy Laursen nvironmentally Acceptable lubricants (EALs) gained market traction with the introduction

  • MR Feb-24#29 AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER (ARC)
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    AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER (ARC) operate a US ? ag ship just for the MSP customer through that global network. As an example of “clarity and con- stipend. It’s a cargo driven industry, and We are certainly a unique business unit sistency,” Ebeling points ? rst to “the those cargoes help to

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    are the door and deck heights and the ily the needs of the U.S. government of millions of dollars.” strengthened ramps and decks to ac- transporting heavy lifts of government ARC is focused on acquiring and commodate volumes of heavy military machinery globally, predominantly operating the most militarily

  • MR Feb-24#25 MATTHEW HART, MANAGER & PLATFORM LEADER, MARINE & STATIONARY)
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    MATTHEW HART, MANAGER & PLATFORM LEADER, MARINE & STATIONARY POWER SYSTEMS, WABTEC fuel blends up to 100% are in operation maintenance intervals to make sure that What’s the biggest challenge today, running on both biodiesel and re- our engines don’t have to be touched in your job? newable diesel blends.

  • MR Feb-24#24  aftertreatment,  dustry, was a heavy push away from the use)
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    . Wabtec piece for Tier 4, when we were developing that in the rail in- achieved Tier 4 NOx and PM without the use of aftertreatment, dustry, was a heavy push away from the use of urea because of which sets our product apart from the competition in unlocking the logistics and the infrastructure that

  • MR Feb-24#20 MARKETS
FPSO technology dominates the region’s FPS demand.)
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    MARKETS FPSO technology dominates the region’s FPS demand. duction and storage of low and zero emission energy carriers, In all, 18 countries in West and East Africa are expected such as methanol and ammonia. One exciting development to receive new FPSOs, FLNGs and FPUs between 2024 and leverages

  • MR Feb-24#18 MARKETS
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    MARKETS Scan the QR Code to Download the Intelatus Floating Production White Paper. Floating Production – A growing segment in transition © AdobeStock_Dolores Harvey The specialized deepwater oil & gas and ? oating offshore wind segments will share many of the same stakeholders and supply chains

  • MR Feb-24#17 METHANOL STORAGE
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    METHANOL STORAGE provals from other classi? cation societies are ongoing, said Lilp, – including accommodation.” although he acknowledges that journey from AiP to full class ap- As of September 2023, methanol had been speci? ed for 216 proval is substantive. In an area where the regulations underlying

  • MR Feb-24#16 THE PATH TO ZERO
Methanol’s Superstorage Solution  
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    THE PATH TO ZERO Methanol’s Superstorage Solution Technical inquiries to SRC Group ramped up after it received Approval in Principle (AIP) for a concept which ‘reinvented methanol fuel storage’ on board ships. Delivering the answers has seen technical talk converting into project discussions

  • MR Feb-24#15 Cruise ships can be cleaned during normal passenger)
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    Cruise ships can be cleaned during normal passenger transfer port calls. Cleanings and cargo operations can occur simul- taneously. How is this possible? The EverClean robots are small and require only a single cargo van on the pier. Multiple robots can be deployed simultaneously. Precision navigation

  • MR Feb-24#14 The Path to Zero – Sponsored
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    The Path to Zero – Sponsored EverClean The always clean performance solution • • • • Save fuel Reduce carbon Minimize downtime Maintain biosecurity Improve performance T e Four E’s of Marine Sustainability: EverClean’s Solution to Biofouling t is a new year, but the age-old problem of biofouling per-

  • MR Feb-24#12 Maritime Risk 
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    Maritime Risk Top Marine Business Risks in 2024 By Rich Soja, North American Head Marine, Allianz Commercial yber incidents such as ransomware attacks, data linked to several large ? re incidents at sea in recent years. breaches, and IT disruptions are the biggest worry Regularly assessing and updating

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    to Accounting interest and activities, from its hauling of develop a large 15,000-TEU ammonia-fu- Esther Rothenberger [email protected] heavy military and government equipment eled container vessel. I had the opportunity +1.212.477.6700 ext 6810 and supplies (as well as commercial cargo)

  • MR Feb-24#5 EverClean
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    EverClean The always clean performance solution Save fuel Reduce carbon Minimize downtime Maintain biosecurity Improve performance EverClean™ now includes EverClean IQ Our groundbreaking data solution designed to assist commercial vessel owners in understanding the general health of their hulls. VISIT

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    NO.2 / VOL. 86 / FEBRUARY 2024 26 Photo on this page and on the Cover: Courtesy ARC 22 Marine Power: The Future is Now Departments Matt Hart, Wabtec Corporation, offers insights on how the megatrends of decar- bonization, energy transition and autonomy drive engine innovations. 4 Authors & Contributors By