GE’s Electric-Propulsion System Tapped for ‘Tri-Fuel’ LNG Ships

摘要

GE announced July 1 that the first electric propulsion system on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier ordered by Maran Gas taps a “tri-fuel” engine system that can run on natural gas, marine gasoil or conventional heavy fuel oil. “The Woodside Rogers, built by one of the major Korean shipbuilders, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering DSME), at its shipyard near Busan, successfully completed sea trials in late April and was handed over to Maran Gas on July 1,” according to GE. “It is the first of seven LNG carriers incorporating the innovative GE power and propulsion technology that Maran Gas has ordered from DSME for delivery between now and 2015.