Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. will undertake technical studies on an ammonia fuel supply system for large, low-speed two-stroke marine engines under development by Winterthur Gas & Diesel AG (WinGD), a Swiss designer of large marine engines.
The signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) was held at WinGD headquarters in Switzerland on 2 June.
The new agreement reflects both companies’ desire to contribute to the achievement of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) decarbonisation target in the maritime industry’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, said the announcement.
WinGD is currently developing ammonia-fueled large, low-speed two-stroke marine engines dubbed type “X-DF-A.” Mitsubishi Shipbuilding will now work with WinGD in studying the technologies for developing and commercialising the ammonia fuel supply system for the X-DF-A engines.
