Introducing the MAN B&W ME-LGIP: the world's first dual-fuel LPG marine engine
In face of new regulations and fluctuating fuel prices, the innovative new MAN B&W ME-LGIP de-risks your investment and lets you take back control.
Ideal for new ship orders or as retrofit solution, the MAN B&W ME-LGIP builds on MAN's leadership in two-stroke, dual-fuel technology to set new standards for fuel-efficiency, flexibility and operational simplicity.
Dual-fuel means operational security
MAN B&W dual-fuel engine technologies gives you unprecedented financial and operational security.
By switching to LPG, you achieve full compliance with all SOx regulations and get a competitive edge of up to 18% less CO2 emissions, with no loss of performance or efficiency. You also retain the flexibility to use conventional fuels that will allow you to position your asset competitively regardless of market conditions.
Compliance
LPG is compliant with sulphur-emission control areas (SECA) regulations and emits lower CO2-emissions which also gives credit towards your IMO EEDI compliance requirements.
Costs
LPG gives you greater financial security; it is traditionally a cheaper fuel than HFO yet delivers the same performance and efficiency.
Using our dual-fuel engine technology, you can also take advantage of fluctuating fuel prices in the future. Importantly, the ability to use LPG cargo as a fuel source provides significant cost savings for LPG Carrier owners or charterers, including reduced time and fees for fuel bunkering.
Continuity
Switching to LPG helps to support operational continuity. As a widespread energy source, availability is high and LPG is easier to store and handle, compared with cryogenic gaseous fuels.
Service solutions for optimum cost-efficiency
MAN PrimeServ offers advanced modernization solutions to optimize the reliability, availability, and economic efficiency of existing equipment. Furthermore, MAN’s modernization and
retrofit solutions are tailor-made to customers’ specific applications and machinery.
Specifications
The MAN B&W ME-LGIP engine
The ME-LGIP is the only liquid gas injection dual-fuel engine on the market that allows you to switch between conventional VLSFO, MGO and LPG fuels with no loss in performance and efficiency. Based on the market leading ME-C engine with uncompromising quality standards, the MAN B&W ME-LGIP delivers the long-term reliability you need, with simple installation and minimal maintenance requirements.
Key facts
- Low-speed, two-stroke engine reliability and efficiency
- The new standard for LPG Carrier propulsion
- Storage and management of LPG is relatively easy
- Lower total cost of operation
- Simple retrofit solution
- Based on well-proven MAN B&W dual-fuel platform
Proven fuel for a proven platform
- Specified maximum continuous power range from 4,350 kW to 29,120 kW measured at L1
Power into the future with confidence
References
| Customer: | EXMAR |
| Application: | 88,000 m³ Very Large Gas Carrier |
| Shipyard country: | China |
| Completion: | Q2 2021 |
| Fuel: | LPG/MGO/VLSFO |
| MAN's work scope: | 1x MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.5-LGIP |
| Customer: | BW LPG |
| Application: | Very Large Gas Carrier |
| Shipyard country: | Retrofitted to ME-LGIP in China |
| Completion: | 2020 |
| Fuel: | LPG/MGO/VLSFO |
| MAN's work scope: | 1x MAN B&W 6G60ME-C9.5-LGIP |
