MAN Diesel & Turbo has confirmed the first order for its low-speed[ds_preview], dual-fuel ME-GI engine. American shipping company Totem Ocean Trailer Express has signed a contract with Nassco shipyard in San Diego for the construction of two containerships with an option for three more vessels for primarily domestic services. The two 3,100 TEU units will be designed by Korean DSEC, which is part of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME); each will be powered by 8L70 ME-GI dual-fuel engines. Construction for the first containership is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2014, with delivery in the fourth quarter of 2015; the second ship will be delivered in the first quarter of 2016. The first two vessels will operate between Florida and Puerto Rico.
