Wärtsilä develops fuel supply system for methanol-powered vessels

Wärtsilä says its new methanol fuel supply system can be retrofitted to any of the more than 5,000 conventionally fuelled Wärtsilä 32 ship engines in operation globally.

PHOTO: A model of Wärtsilä's methanol fuel supply system. Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä 32 engines can power vessels either as main or auxiliary engines, it says.

The company intends to develop an ammonia-fuelled engine concept by 2023, followed by a hydrogen concept by 2025.