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MAN Energy Solutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (‘NCLH’ including its subsidiaries and brands). The MoU relates to a project to retrofit a medium-speed MAN 48/60 engine to make it capable of dual-fuel diesel/methanol operation.

The MoU provides for a multi-stage project with the third and final stage involving the completion of field testing and engine handover to NCLH for commercial operation.

Decarbonisation alliance 

Bernd Siebert – Head of Retrofit & Upgrades at MAN PrimeServ said, “At MAN Energy Solutions, we understand the need to form alliances on the road to decarbonisation."

"NCLH is a long-time partner with whom we have successfully cooperated on projects in the past and, in the context of this important venture, is the first cruise company that we have chosen to work with.”

Clean, efficient, and safe future fuel

He continued, “As a fuel, methanol is quickly becoming an option within the market. It is a clean, efficient, and safe future fuel that offers a path to decarbonisation through significant greenhouse-gas reductions, and is net-zero when produced from renewable energy sources."

"This memorandum underlines our mutual commitment to reducing shipping’s environmental footprint and has the potential to show the way to net-zero for not just the cruise segment but the maritime transport industry as a whole.”

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