DFDS to make major investment in exhaust gas scrubbers
AUGUST 23, 2013 — Danish shipowner DFDS is to use scrubber technology to help it meet regulations that will put a 0.1 percent cap on the sulfur content of marine fuel from
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Color Line to retrofit Ropax with exhaust gas scrubbers
JUNE 24, 2013 — Norwegian cruise and ferry operator Color Line has contracted Wärtsilä to retrofit four exhaust gas cleaning systems to its SuperSpeed 2 Ropax ferry. The installation is expected to
Pride of America to get exhaust gas scrubbers
JANUARY 17, 2013 — Norwegian Cruise Line’s 2,124 passenger U.S.-flag cruise ship, Pride of America, is to fitted with Green Tech Marine exhaust gas scrubbers as part of its upcoming $30 million
Compact exhaust gas scrubber gets DNV approval
JULY 20, 2012 — A Green Tech Marine GTM R15 compact exhaust gas scrubber recently installed onboard Royal Caribbean International’s cruise ship Liberty of the Seas has now received a MARPOL “Statement
Wärtsilä “committed and ready” to meet exhaust gas scrubber demand
Wärtsilä Corporation and Metso Corporation have signed an agreement to cooperate in developing and delivering exhaust gas scrubber systems for marine applications. Metso is to supply the scrubber units, while Wärtsilä is
Denmark will ban scrubber water discharges
The Danish Ministry of the Environment said today that, from July 1, 2025, the discharge of exhaust gas scrubber water from ships will be prohibited in waters up to 22 kilometers (about
Wärtsilä moves another step forward on CCS-Ready scrubbers
Saying that its CCS-Ready scrubbers are now “being sold at pace,” Wärtsilä is now offering carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility studies to shipowners and operators. Studies have already been conducted on
Tnemec solves scrubber system tank coating problem
Exhaust gas scrubber systems are not always problem-free and when America’s largest producer of construction aggregates, Vulcan Materials Company, encountered coatings issues with the scrubber system tanks in the 2018-built, 66,445 dwt
Scrubber discharges come under renewed fire
Metals and other environmentally hazardous substances in ships’ scrubber discharge water are putting the marine environment at risk, according to a new study from researchers at Sweden’s prestigious Chalmers University of Technology.
Scrubber fitting trends: What’s happening?
Niels Rasmussen, chief shipping analyst at BIMCO has been crunching the numbers on the percentage of ships fitted with exhaust gas scrubbers, or exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) more formally. “Scrubbers were