Eastern Pacific Shipping’s plans to order 11 15,000-teu containerships have been confirmed by one of the key suppliers for the contract.
German engine builder MAN B&W said it would supply engines for all of the ships which have been contracted at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI).
TradeWinds first reported the expansion of the order to 11 ships back in October 2018, but neither the owner nor the shipyard would confirm the deal at the time.
Five of the vessels will be powered by conventional MAN B&W 11G90ME-C units equipped with scrubbers and are due for delivery between 2019 and 2020.
The additional six units will be built as MAN B&W 11G90ME-GI dual-fuel configurations operating on LNG with delivery dates scheduled between 2020 and 2022.
“We’re very pleased to have landed this significant order within such a key segment and in the face of stiff competition,” said Bjarne Foldager, head of two-stroke business at MAN Energy Solutions.
“We currently have 55 ME-GI engines in service that have logged over 265,000 running hours, as a result of which the ME-GI engine has become an industry standard. I thank Eastern Pacific for placing its trust in our technology.”
MAN B&W also said that it has won almost 400 projects in total across its entire portfolio of dual-fuel engines – all running on LNG or other, clean fuels such as LPG and methanol.
