Clean, efficient container vessels in high demand
Container vessels are the backbone of global trade. The sheer transport volume of this sector puts good pressure on the environment – but offers great opportunities for innovation.
Every day, container vessels transport goods everywhere around the globe. They are truly ubiquitous, making up the vast majority of marine shipments. Operators generally call for cost-efficient propulsion systems, but also need enough auxiliary power to operate reefer containers. Balancing this strong performance with efficiency and environmental requirements is challenging.
With each cargo ship engine running across the world’s oceans, ensuring optimal performance is key. Container ships frequently sail in environmentally sensitive areas, and meeting tougher NOx, SOx, and particulate emission limits is a must. To ensure profitable, responsible shipping for years to come, solutions for container vessels must ensure reliable, economic power generation and onboard with a minimal impact on the environment.
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Our two-stroke engines for container ships
Our two-stroke engines are the preferred choice for the propulsion of ocean-going merchant vessels. These engines are manufactured by a family of licensees, who are mainly based in Asia, and serve a variety of marine applications. Optimized fuel and lube oil consumption, as well as improved low-load operation, are just a few of the many advantages offered by our electronically controlled ME engines. These are based on the many decades of success enjoyed by their mechanically controlled predecessors.
The ideal solutions for merchant vessels
The optimal choice for container ships is the Everllence B&W ME-GI, a highly efficient, flexible propulsion solution. With the introduction of the methane-fuelled ME-GI dual-fuel engine, we have entered a new era of diesel history, from which especially your merchant ship in particular will benefit. With the ME-GI, we can offer vessel owners the option of using fuel oil or methane, depending on price and availability.
Additionally, the methanol-fuelled Everllence B&W ME-LGIM engines are an attractive and mature technology with a proven track record. Already today, there are many references for container vessels powered by this trusted engine type. When green methanol is used, it can provide carbon-neutral propulsion.
Reliable onboard power
Our four-stroke gensets for container ships
In addition to propulsion, your container ship needs dependable and efficient auxiliary power. That’s where our Everllence four-stroke gensets come in. These engines are the trusted choice for onboard electricity generation—delivering the energy your ship needs for operations, lighting, refrigeration, and more.
Built for robustness and optimized for fuel efficiency, our gensets are engineered to perform reliably even under the toughest conditions. With a wide power range and flexible fuel compatibility, they offer a compact and cost-effective solution tailored to the needs of modern container vessels.
The 35/44DF CD: Dual fuel efficiency, compact design
The 35/44DF CD genset is a cutting-edge dual fuel solution that brings both performance and flexibility to your container ship’s auxiliary power system. Designed with a compact footprint, it’s ideal for vessels with limited space yet high energy demands.
With the ability to switch seamlessly between gas and liquid fuels, the 35/44DF CD supports your path toward cleaner operations without compromising on reliability or output. Its proven performance, low emissions profile, and high thermal efficiency make it a future-ready choice for sustainable onboard power generation.
Discover the Everllence two- and four-stroke engines for your container vessel
From main propulsion to onboard power, Everllence B&W two-stroke and Everllence four-stroke engines set the benchmark for efficiency, reliability, and compliance. Designed for the demands of modern container shipping, they ensure optimal performance on every route.
B&W ME-GI
The ME-GI engine impresses with extremely lowest methane slip and very high fuel efficiency. It is the most environmentally friendly methane-fuelled engine on the market. By the optional use of fuel oil or LNG/bio-methane/SNG, it represents a highly efficient, flexible, propulsion-plant solution.
- Engine speed: rpm to 56 – 167
- Output: 4,350 – 82,440 kW at L1
Our ME-LGIM is a dual-fuel engine characterized by its high efficiency and capability of operating on methanol. With a proven record of more than 600,000 operating hours on methanol alone, the engine concept provides a high degree of reliability. When fuelled by green methanol, our ME-LGIM engine can offer truly carbon-neutral propulsion, while reducing sulfur and particle matter emissions significantly at the same time.
- Engine speed: 56 – 125 rpm
- Output: 6,950 – 82,440 kW at L1
B&W ME-C
Our ME-C engines with electronic controls serve up a host of advantages. You can look forward to superior performance parameters, compactness, fully integrated electronic control as well as the necessary fuel injection pressure and rate shaping at any load. Plus, the ME-C engine can be retrofitted for alternative fuels such as methanol, LPG, methane or ethane as well as ammonia estimated for 2026.
- Engine speed: rpm to 56 – 167
- Output: 4,350 – 82,440 kW at L1
The 35/44DF CD (former MAN 35/44DF CD) engine is the perfect match for your GenSet demands, providing the highest power output, low emissions, a foundation for future fuels, and an attractive business case – either CAPEX or OPEX.
- 720 – 750 rpm
- 3,360 – 5,040 kW
- 3,242 – 4,864 kWe
The 35/44 CD’s (former MAN 35/44 CD) modular system offers flexible upgrades, optimizing CAPEX and OPEX. It will be adaptable for future fuels like methanol, making it a sustainable and cost-effective choice.
- 720 – 750 rpm
- 3,360 – 5,040 kW
- 3,242 – 4,864 kWe
Modern New Panamax and as ultra large container vessels fulfill EEDI phase 3 requirements without extra measures
Container vessels are one of the three largest groups of vessels within the merchant fleet
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