By the UN, the IMO, somebody.
From gCaptain:
The biggest and most powerful LNG-fueled engine ever built has been approved for use on board the first vessel in a series nine 23,000 TEU containerships owned by French shipping giant CMA CGM.
The X92DF engine, developed by WinGD, is the most powerful two-stroke dual fuel engine ever built, delivering a whopping 63,840 kW of power.....MUCH MORE
The engine is fitted on board CMA CGM’s future flagship, named CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, which is currently under construction by China State Shipbuilding Corp.
The engine recently received type approval from Class society Bureau Veritas following extensive full-load tests in diesel and gas mode.
“The certification process of WinGD’s 12X92DF engine was a long process due to the size and complexity of the engine,” said Olivier Cartier, Technical Vice President at Bureau Veritas. “We mobilized our worldwide teams of engine specialists, especially in China, in France and in Germany, at each of the critical phases of the certification process. Progressive Type Approval Tests were necessary where at each test significant progress and refinement were noted, so that we remained confident that final certification at 100% of the power using gas as fuel was an achievable objective – and this has now been achieved.”...
