CSSC Develops Global Largest LNG Dual-Fueled PCTC

He Baoxin

Recently, the world"s largest 9400CEU LNG dual-fuel powered very large PCTC with completely independent IPRs, independently developed by CSSC SDARI, has been granted the AiP certification by DNV.

This marks a major breakthrough and phased achievement made by China in the independent research and development of very large clean energy PCTC with more than 9,000CEU. It will guide the innovative transformation and upgrading of global PCTC and the green and low-carbon development,and help Chinese shipbuilding enterprises take up a more favorable position in the PCTC construction field.

We learn that the 9400CEU PCTC has achieved system integration optimization, with the lowest CEU cost, the lowest CEU carbon emissions, more market competitive loading capacity and fuel economy.The ship adopts a forward-looking design, fully meets the future all-ship electric vehicle transport needs, can meet the future vision of ship owners.It applies the "ammonia fuel ready"scheme, it can be converted into blue ammonia and green ammonia fuel in the future, providing a new PCTC carbon neutrality solution for the construction of the international"green shipping corridor" project.The ship also carries larger-capacity lithium batteries to provide clean electricity for ships entering and leaving port, and charging through axle generators during a voyage helps achieve the zero-carbon target.

In recent years, the rapid development of China"s automobile industry from large to strong, especially the rapid rise of the new energy automobile industry, has created good development opportunities for the global automobile shipping industry.SDARI has followed the PCTC market demand and development trend,set up a strong professional team,devoted themselves to developing the global latest generation of clean fuel very large PCTC, not only making a number of technical achievements, and taking the lead in launching a series of green low carbon excellent ships,but also providing a variety of options for domestic and international PCTC owners.

In March this year, China"s first ammonia fuel powered 7000CEU PCTC independently developed and designed by SDARI obtained the AiP certification conducted by DNV,receiving wide attention and favor from the industry, who claimed the ship type is expected to become the iconic green ship type for the new generation of zero-carbon PCTC. At the same time, SDARI successfully developed a number of new LNG dual-fuel powered PCTC, including 7000CEU, 7600CEU and 8600CEU,and obtained batch orders.

As of the beginning of October this year, SDARI had received 55-PCTC design orders this year, with a global market share of 67%, ranking first in the world. In addition, the world"s first dual-fuel-cell hybrid 3600CEU PCTC and 7500CEU ultra-Panamax dual-fuel PCTC developed by the institute have also won successive international awards.

As China"s PCTC R&D leader,SDARI has always been adhering to the "green low carbon, energy saving and high efficiency, environment friendliness, intrinsic safety"philosophy, committed to constantly deepening environment-friendly ship market through continuous ship R&D with independent IPRs and core system integration design.The successful development of the world"s largest 9400CEU dual-fuel powered very large PCTC will inspire SDARI to contribute more Chinese approaches for Shanghai to build itself into a world-class design city,help China shipbuilding industry in high quality development, and promote the green development of the global shipping industry .