Langley Holdings acquires Bergen Engines from Rolls-Royce with eye on net zero shipping

UK-based engineering and industrial manufacturer Langley Holdings has acquired Norwegian engine builder Bergen Engines as part of its net zero strategy to make engines for low emission fuels.

PHOTO: Multiple engines are loaded from the Bergen Engines’ deep-water wharf for onward transportation by ship. Langley Holdings

“The acquisition of Bergen Engines is a major step towards our net zero objectives,” says Tony Langley, chairman and chief executive, Langley Holdings.

Bergen Engines, which was acquired from Rolls Royce for €91 million ($103 million) and will be part of Langley’s Power Solutions Division.

Langley Holdings agreed last year to co-finance a research project at Bergen Engines that sets out to develop ship engines running on ammonia. The Norwegian government will finance the other share of the €4 million ($4.52 million) project called Ammonia Zero Emissions (AMAZE).

Rolls Royce has previously said its Bergen division is working to develop both Otto and diesel engines powered by ammonia as a marine fuel.

The aim is to build flexible dual-fuel engines that can be retrofitted to burn alternative fuels with zero-carbon emission potential like ammonia, methanol, hydrogen and various other synthetic fuels, in addition to conventional oil- and gas-based fuels.