Japan’s Mitsui E&S has received an order for six LNG dual-fuel engines from India’s Swan Defence and Heavy Industries (SDHI).
The engines, based on Everllence's B&W design and manufactured by Mitsui E&S under a licensing agreement, will power six 18,000 DWT chemical tankers, Everllence said in a press release on Wednesday.
“This marks the first newbuilding contract for SDHI for two-stroke engines,” Rear Admiral Vipin Kumar Saxena, CEO of SDHI, said.
“Everllence and MITSUI E&S are experts in future-focused marine-propulsion technologies, and our collaboration with them paves the way for building vessels that will deliver higher efficiency with greater power output and better fuel economy.”
Mitsui E&S said the order marks its first from an Indian shipyard and is an important step in expanding its presence in India's shipbuilding market.
In 2025, SDHI signed a letter of intent with Rederiet Stenersen AS to build six hybrid chemical tankers.
