In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Switzerland-based marine power company WinGD has been selected to supply its X-DF-M dual-fuel methanol and methanol-ready X-engine designs for over 30 boxships to be constructed for a Taiwanese container shipping player.
The methanol-ready X-92 engines are to be fitted onto vessels with a 16,000 TEU capacity. The order reportedly follows a booking from earlier this year that entailed the equipping of fourteen 8,700 TEU container vessels with the X-82 solution and of six units of the same capacity with the X-82-DF-M methanol-fueled engines, according to the report.
Although WinGD has not disclosed the client with whom the contract was signed, the company’s officials have revealed that, in the run-up to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting in April 2025, the ships’ owner had considered dual-fuel engine designed powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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