Norway's Clean Marine wins scrubber contract from Shanghai yard
NORWAY's Clean Marine has been selected by Shanghai's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding to supply scrubbers, or exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), for two 38,000 dwt chemical tankers being built for Stolt Tankers and NYK Stolt Tankers.
The two vessels are built in a series of six sister ships, where the remaining four vessels will be designed with the flexibility to add an EGCS at a later stage, said a Clean Marine press release.
Thus equipped, the vessels will be compliant with sulphur emissions legislation without switching to more expensive fuels. "The system supplied to Stolt Tankers will clean both sulphur oxides (SOx) and particulate matter emissions from one main engine, three auxiliary engines, and three boilers," said Clean Marine CEO Nils Hoy-Petersen. "A single unit will manage seven exhaust sources and will be designed to clean 140,000 kilogrammes of exhaust per hour," said Mr Petersen.
The scrubber is based on the "advanced vortex chamber" technology with integrated fan and gas recirculation that allows the one unit to simultaneously serve several engines.
The system supplied to Stolt Tankers is a hybrid that allows the vessel to operate in all types of water including low alkaline and saline water without loss of efficiency.
Furthermore, the Clean Marine EGCS meets the current pH limit for wash water discharge in Europe and USA with good margin, said the company statement."For vessels operating in European or US waters, inside the emission control areas (ECAs), a maximum sulphur limit of 0.1 per cent will apply from January 2015," says Hoy-Petersen.
Installation of the EGCS unit is scheduled to take place during 2015.Clean Marine AS has since 2006 invested more than US$25 million in development of an exhaust gas cleaning system, better known as a scrubber, for the maritime industry.
NORWAY's Clean Marine has been selected by Shanghai's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding to supply scrubbers, or exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), for two 38,000 dwt chemical tankers being built for Stolt Tankers and NYK Stolt Tankers.
The two vessels are built in a series of six sister ships, where the remaining four vessels will be designed with the flexibility to add an EGCS at a later stage, said a Clean Marine press release.
Thus equipped, the vessels will be compliant with sulphur emissions legislation without switching to more expensive fuels. "The system supplied to Stolt Tankers will clean both sulphur oxides (SOx) and particulate matter emissions from one main engine, three auxiliary engines, and three boilers," said Clean Marine CEO Nils Hoy-Petersen. "A single unit will manage seven exhaust sources and will be designed to clean 140,000 kilogrammes of exhaust per hour," said Mr Petersen.
The scrubber is based on the "advanced vortex chamber" technology with integrated fan and gas recirculation that allows the one unit to simultaneously serve several engines.
The system supplied to Stolt Tankers is a hybrid that allows the vessel to operate in all types of water including low alkaline and saline water without loss of efficiency.
Furthermore, the Clean Marine EGCS meets the current pH limit for wash water discharge in Europe and USA with good margin, said the company statement."For vessels operating in European or US waters, inside the emission control areas (ECAs), a maximum sulphur limit of 0.1 per cent will apply from January 2015," says Hoy-Petersen.
Installation of the EGCS unit is scheduled to take place during 2015.Clean Marine AS has since 2006 invested more than US$25 million in development of an exhaust gas cleaning system, better known as a scrubber, for the maritime industry.