MAN, COSCO to cooperate on engine retrofits
By on April 14, 2025
Combining retrofit and repair-yard capabilities
Click to learn more. MAN ES and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry will combine MAN’s engine retrofit technologies with COSCO’s repair-yard capabilities to deliver future retrofits. Source: COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry.
MAN Energy Solutions and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry will cooperate on decarbonization retrofit projects. MAN ES will provide engine retrofit technology for existing vessels to operate on alternative fuels including ammonia, as well as digital energy-efficiency solutions. COSCO Shipping operates five repair-yards, with the capacity to modify around 1,500 vessels each year (and also has extensive EPC experience with large-scale vessel modification). The pair are targeting a segment of the global merchant vessel fleet able to retrofit to use alternative fuels (4,500 vessels, see below).
I am pleased to announce that CHI and MAN Energy Solutions, having served shared clients in their respective domains, are now forging a closer collaboration in vessel decarbonisation. Starting today, our integrated one-stop solutions will inject fresh impetus into the green transition of the global maritime industry.
Guo Zhiqiang, Deputy General Manager, COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Commercial Headquarters, in MAN ES’ official press release, 9 Apr 2025
This frame agreement facilitates MAN Energy Solutions’ partnership with CHI, one of the largest repair-yard groups in the world. The agreement means that we can join forces on many future projects to ensure the decarbonisation of the existing commercial fleet worldwide. Today, there are some 4,500 vessels globally with the potential to benefit from changing their current bunker fuel to more environmentally-friendly options. We look forward to working with CHI to deliver new decarbonisation solutions to the maritime industry.
Michael Petersen, Senior Vice President, Head of PrimeServ Denmark, in his organisation’s official press release, 9 Apr 2025
Testing of MAN’s ammonia-powered two-stroke engines is entering its final stages, and at our annual conference in New Orleans in November last year, MAN ES reported that their two-stroke ammonia-fueled engines may be ready for commercial deployment as early as towards the end of this year.