Readiness counts in methanol retrofits - Copy

The experience gained with dual-fuel methanol retrofits is de-risking the process for owners, but a ship’s readiness level can have a big impact on bottom line costs.

Klaus Dahmcke Rasmussen has already been to China many times this year. As Everllence’s project sales director for PrimeServ, he has been heavily involved in the current spree of methanol retrofits being undertaken at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai).

Following the first such retrofit of the large two-stroke S90 engine on the 20,119TEU COSCO Shipping Libra in 2025, the process has become routine.

So much so that the operator of the 10,100TEU Seaspan Yangtze, the latest retrofit, had this to say: “The Seaspan Yangtze retrofit shows that