{"id":66549,"date":"2025-08-31T00:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/hoegh-autoliners-orders-1st-ammonia-engines-for-pure-car-amp-truck-carriers\/66549\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T00:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:48:02","slug":"hoegh-autoliners-orders-1st-ammonia-engines-for-pure-car-amp-truck-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/hoegh-autoliners-orders-1st-ammonia-engines-for-pure-car-amp-truck-carriers\/66549\/","title":{"rendered":"H\u00f6egh Autoliners Orders 1st Ammonia Engines for Pure Car &amp;amp; Truck Carriers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>[By: Everllence]<\/p>\n<p>In a major leap for maritime decarbonisation, H&ouml;egh Autoliners has placed a landmark order for ammonia-burning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everllence.com\/\">Everllence<\/a> B&amp;W ME-LGIA engines. Accordingly, 4 &times; 7S60ME-LGIA (Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) dual-fuel engines will be delivered to an undisclosed Asian shipyard in connection with the construction of 4 &times; 9,100 CEU (Car Equivalent Unit) &lsquo;Aurora&rsquo;-class Pure Car\/Truck Carriers (PCTCs).<\/p>\n<p>Everllence views the order as signalling a new era for clean propulsion within global shipping. The newbuildings are bound for H&ouml;egh Autoliners, the major PCTC operator and part of the Leif H&ouml;egh &amp; Co. shipping company. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. will build the engines in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Sebj&oslash;rn Dahl, Chief Operations Officer, H&ouml;egh Autoliners, said: &quot;The engines are the beating heart of our vessels, and we take it as a clear mark of confidence that Everllence has chosen us to install some of the world&rsquo;s first two-stroke ammonia engines on our final four Aurora Class vessels. With nearly 100 years of industry experience, H&ouml;egh Autoliners is proud to be among the first companies selected to pioneer this important transition together with Everllence. This collaboration underscores their trust in us as a reliable frontrunner in the shift to zero-emission shipping. Reaching zero is a shared ambition, and Everllence plays a vital role in helping us realize our goal of operating our large PCTC vessels on zero-carbon fuels from 2027.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Bjarne Foldager &ndash; Head of Two-Stroke Business &ndash; Everllence, said: &ldquo;This order &ndash; one of several ammonia pilot-projects we have in China, Japan and South Korea &ndash; gives us encouragement that we are on the right path, as does the widespread industry interest in our progress. We have adopted a responsible, safety-first approach to developing this engine on account of ammonia&rsquo;s particular risk-profile, and are confident that ammonia will ultimately become one of three major, alternative fuels in the market along with methanol and methane.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Christian Ludwig &ndash; Head of Two-Stroke Sales and Promotion &ndash; Everllence, said: &ldquo;We have now been running our two-stroke ammonia test engine since 2023 and can confirm that the ME-LGIA&rsquo;s combustion is right where we want it. Using the Diesel principle, the ME-LGIA engine concept has many of the same merits as our existing dual-fuel engines that already entered operation over a decade ago. Inspired by these engines, we are &ndash; among other innovations &ndash; using the same sealing-oil design for the fuel-booster injection valves as this has proven to be particularly important and efficient. By end-2026, we tentatively expect to have a small number of demonstration projects on the water to enable a commercial market introduction of the G50-, S60-, G60-, G70- and G80-bore ME-LGIA engines based on positive service experience.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Aurora class<br \/>\nH&ouml;egh&rsquo;s Aurora Class will be the largest and most environmentally friendly PCTC ever built, further accelerating H&ouml;egh Autoliners&rsquo; decarbonisation efforts and setting a new standard for more sustainable deep-sea transportation. Being the first in the PCTC segment to receive DNV&rsquo;s ammonia-ready and methanol-ready notations, the Auroras will also be the first to be ready to operate zero-carbon ammonia propulsion with the main engine designed by Everllence.<\/p>\n<p>maritime-executive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[By: Everllence] In a major leap for maritime decarbonisation, H&ouml;egh Autoliners has placed a landmark order for ammonia-burning Everllence B&amp;W ME-LGIA engines. Accordingly, 4 &times; 7S60ME-LGIA (Liquid Gas Injection Ammonia) dual-fuel engines will be delivered to an undisclosed Asian shipyard in connection with the construction of 4 &times; 9,100 CEU (Car Equivalent Unit) &lsquo;Aurora&rsquo;-class Pure &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[2436,2134,28417,15852,7167,28418,3310,264,1696,4944,26979,502,577,28416,531,41,15752,1501,2401,13008,28415,15268],"class_list":["post-66549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news","tag-1st","tag-ammonia","tag-ammonia-engines","tag-ampamp","tag-autoliners","tag-bw-me-lgia-engines","tag-car","tag-carriers","tag-decarbonization","tag-engines","tag-everllence","tag-hoegh","tag-hoegh-autoliners","tag-liquid-gas-injection-ammonia","tag-marine","tag-maritime","tag-maritime-industry","tag-orders","tag-pctc","tag-pure","tag-pure-car-truck-carriers","tag-truck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/66550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}