A dual-fuel engine for LNG tankers will be created in Russia within three years. This was announced by Mikhail Danilenko, Managing Director of the Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant (KMZ) military-industrial holding.
According to him, there are currently no engines in Russia, so it will be necessary to make the same gas engines to ensure the Northern Sea Route.
It is illogical to make them on diesel traction: it will be bifuel. That is the idea. That is, the vessel starts on diesel, and then switches to gas. There are no such technical solutions in Russia yet. But within three years we will be able to do it if there is funding. The money has already been allocated.
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