Ethanol debut for WinGD as Maersk vessel makes landmark US bunkering and voyage
Caroline Randall
Marketing Manager
WinGD has recorded the first in-service operation of its X-DF-M/E alcohol fuel engine platform on ethanol fuel, following a successful bunkering and voyage in the US. The 9,000 TEU container ship Tangier Maersk, owned by the Maersk shipping line, successfully sailed from Houston to New York on ethanol fuel.
The vessel took on the bunker at the Port of Houston in late September, with the world’s largest bioethanol producer POET supplying fuel for the WinGD X82DF-M/E engine powering the vessel. The occasion marked the first marine bunkering of a 100% bioethanol blend in the US, and the first ever in-service bunkering of ethanol to a WinGD engine.
As well as highlighting the increasing availability of bioethanol to marine markets – POET alone produces 3 billion gallons a year across 35 sites – the sailing marks a milestone in the operational record of WinGD’s alcohol fuel engine platform. The first X-DF-M/E engine capable of using methanol entered service in 2025, with multi-alcohol fuel capability added this year – enabling both methanol and ethanol fuel to be used on six mid-sized sister vessels ordered by Maersk.
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