Wärtsilä to supply hybrid system for world’s first methanol-fuelled ro-ro vessels

Wärtsilä will supply Stena RoRo with an integrated hybrid propulsion system for two new hybrid roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) vessels, which will be the world’s first methanol fuelled hybrid ro-ro ships.

The vessels, which are being built at the China Merchants Jinling shipyard, will operate on routes in the Irish Sea.

Each vessel will be equipped with two Wärtsilä 32M multi-fuel engines capable now of operating on methanol fuel and with ammonia ready notation.