WinGD secures Bureau Veritas AiP for X-DF-A ammonia engine safety concept

Bureau Veritas has added its vote of confidence to Swiss marine power company WinGD's ammonia-fuelled 

(L-R) Alex Gregg-Smith

Senior Vice President, Bureau Veritas; Volkmar Galke, Director Sales, WinGD

X-DF-A dual-fuel engine, granting an approval in principle (AIP) for the engine's safety concept. At a certificate ceremony held last week at the Marintec exhibition in Shanghai, representatives of both organisations celebrated the achievement.

The safety concept describes how risks associated with using ammonia as a fuel are controlled under reasonably foreseeable abnormal conditions, as well as possible failure scenarios and their control measures.

It is therefore a key element for demonstrating a safe engine room concept and the capability for safe vessel operation using ammonia as fuel.