Recently, the launch ceremony of the world’s first set of new marine methanol dual-fuel boilers independently developed by CSSC Jiujiang Marine Equipment (Group) Co., Ltd. (referred to as “CSSC Jiujiang Company”) and the production ceremony of CSSC Jiujiang Haiku Interior Decoration Co., Ltd., was held in the industrial park for supporting products of CSSC Jiujiang Marine Equipment (Group) Co., Ltd.

Sheng Jigang, Party member and deputy general manager of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), Qu Xiaohua, Party member and deputy director of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Jiangxi Province, Liu Wenhua, secretary of the Jiujiang Municipal Party Committee, and Cheng Bolin, secretary and chairman of the Party Committee of CSSC Jiujiang Company, attended the ceremony. Xu Li, general manager of China Classification Society (CCS) Wuhan Branch, was invited to attend and deliver a speech. At the subsequent certificate-awarding ceremony, Xu Li issued factory approval and product certificates for the marine methanol dual-fuel boilers.

Green and low-carbon development has become the theme of the times, and low-carbon or even zero carbon emission ships have become the mainstream trend of development. At the 80th meeting of the  International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), new emission reduction targets were proposed. There is a growing trend that shipping enterprises choose methanol fuels, and the orders for methanol-powered ships have surged rapidly in the past two years, forming a “two strong” pattern of clean fuel ships together with LNG-powered ships.

CCS Wuhan Branch and CSSC Jiujiang Company have closely cooperated and fully participated in the R&D of methanol dual-fuel boilers. They have also assessed and inspected the entire process of design, manufacturing, testing verification, etc., assisted enterprises in making breakthroughs in the key technologies of methanol in burner performance, material corrosion, etc., and achieved independent and controllable core technologies of domestic equipment, playing a positive role in enabling enterprises to seize the global shipbuilding market opportunities and industrial highlands.