Case Study
Trials Prove That Mobilgard M430 Is Compatible With Dual-fuel Engines Running Mainly On LNG
Benefits summary The dual fuel engines of the LNG tankers Spirit of Hela and Gigira Laitebo were inspected as part of routine maintenance after running for around 18,000 hours using Mobilgard M430, a 30 base number (BN) lubricant design for medium speed engines running on heavy fuel oil (HFO). The vessels predominantly ran on LNG, which risked the lubricant’s additives accumulating as deposits on the piston crown and in the piston ring gr