INTRODUCING THE ALL NEW SHELL ALEXIA 40

Shell Alexia 40 is already available to ease your transition to a post-2020 reality. The cylinder oil for low-speed, two-stroke diesel engines using 0.1% and 0.5% sulphur fuel provides reliable engine protection and is designed, tested and verified to comply with IMO 2020 regulations. In Chinese coastal waters, where there is already a 0.5% sulphur fuel requirement, Shell Alexia 40 was successfully trialled

onboard multiple vessels. In European Emission Control Areas, the oil has completed 1,500 hours of field trials in a vessel using 0.1% sulphur fuel. The new product exhibited many of the same characteristics as it did in the vessels using 0.5% sulphur fuel, which means Shell Alexia 40 is ideal to use with 0.1% sulphur fuels. Shell Alexia 40 has successfully completed 4,000 hours of field trials in engines from both MAN Energy Solutions and Winterthur Gas & Diesel and received full no objection letters.

THE SHELL ALEXIA PORTFOLIO IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU MEET THE IMO 2020 SULPHUR CAP

The Shell Alexia range of two-stroke diesel engine cylinder oils can help ship owners in the post-IMO 2020 era. As Table 1 shows, it includes products ranging from base number (BN) 25 to 140. The higher BN products are for those vessels that continue to use high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) in conjunction with exhaust gas scrubbing and the lower BN products are for use with 0.1 and 0.5% sulphur fuels and liquefied natural gas (LNG). The lubricants in this portfolio are now branded by BN to minimise errors onboard and to maximise the opportunities to align lubricant selection with the types of fuel in use.