Bore Song to fit DeltaLangh scrubber
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 — Helsinki headquartered shipowner Bore Ltd. is to retrofit the M/V Bore Song with an exhaust gas scrubber and has selected the DeltaLangh scrubber technology originally developed by Langh
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WR launches new on-stack scrubber emissions monitor
AUGUST 27, 2014 — Norfolk, VA, based WR Systems (WR) is launching a new variant of its Laser Based Emissions monitor at the upcoming SMM event in Hamburg, Germany. Called the Emsys-iS,
Langh scrubber gains class approval
AUGUST 1, 2014 — The DeltaLangh exhaust gas cleaning system on Langh Ship’s m/s Laura has received final class approval from Germanischer Lloyd. This is a significant milestone for the recently established
Shipowners seek uniform approach to ECA enforcement
JULY 21, 2014 — Shipowners are fearful that enforcement will be spotty when the 0.1% limit on sulfur in fuel takes effect in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in January 2015. Last week,
Maersk: Fuel to cost $250 million more to comply with ECA
JULY 17, 2014 — Maersk Line says that ECA regulations coming into force in 2015 will cost it around $250 million a year in additional fuel costs. The container shipping giant will
Finland’s Langh Ship develops its own exhaust scrubber
OCTOBER 3, 2013 — Laura Langh-Lagerlöf (left), commercial manager of Finland’s Langh Ship, says the family-owned shipping company has “really hit the nail on the head” with an exhaust gas scrubber of
Bulker is first ship to use scrubber in U.S. ECA
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 – M/V Balder, a Torvald Klaveness handymax bulker, is the first ship to operate in the U.S. Emission Control Area (ECA) with an exhaust gas scrubber, according to Norway’s
Clean Marine gets EGCS order for shuttle tankers
JUNE 12, 2013 — Nils Høy-Petersen, CEO of Clean Marine AS, Oslo, Norway, says contracts from shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries to supply Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) for two new shuttle tankers
ICS Chairman spells out costs of green legislation
JUNE 4, 2013 — Impending new legislation to protect the environment potentially presents shipping with an additional industry-wide cost of more than half a trillion US dollars between 2015 and 2025. This
Meeting marine fuel sulfur targets could up carbon emissions
MARCH 11, 2013 — A report by AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK Limited and commissioned by the U.K. Chamber of Shipping indicates that hitting 2015 sulfur emission targets could increase carbon emissions