RE: MSC Leandra29 Mar 2024 21:28
2016-2017: Operational trial supplying MSAR® to Maersk’s operational 52,000DWT/4,300TEU
container vessel the Seago Istanbul. MSAR® was produced at Cepsa’s Refinery Gibraltar San Roque
in Spain in commercial quantities to fuel the 68MW main engine.
The operational trial involved:
• The production and supply of 7,000 tonnes of MSAR® at the refinery, from visbreaker residue
(see refinery case study) derived from a variety of opportunity crudes. Production occurred
over 6 campaigns and over an 8-month period.
• Loading onto a bunker barge at the port of Algeciras, and transfer to the Seago Istanbul.
• Seago Istanbul, an operational containership in normal service, completed ~1,500 MSAR®
running hours, following its normal route and re-fuelling with MSAR® at Algeciras
approximately every 6 weeks.
The MSAR® fuel performed well and feedback from Wärtsilä and Maersk was very positive. As a
result of the successful operational trial, Quadrise received an interim Letter of No Objection
(LONO) for MSAR® for Wärtsilä RT-flex96C-B engines.