After signing a sales agreement with scrubber producer AEC Maritime, Damen Shipyards Group will be able to offer ship owners exclusive access to efficient, low maintenance and IMO-certified exhaust gas scrubber technologies.
By combining scrubber expertise with its existing knowledge of ballast water treatment systems, Damen has added an important facet to its strategy of providing ship owners with a total solution regarding the latest IMO requirements.
AEC Maritime Chief Technical Officer, Marcel Clephas said:
“Our scrubber systems focus on three strong principles: To make scrubber installation simple, to optimise the price of the product with the cost of installation, and, finally, to deliver reliable and low maintenance systems,”
AEC’s scrubbers can be installed on all types of engine and allow vessels to run on traditional heavy fuel oil (HFO) instead of the more expensive marine gas oil (MGO). The company’s scrubbers remove more than 98% of sulphur from exhaust gases, thus exceeding IMO requirements. The systems also comply with MARPOL Annex VI (MEPC 58 and 59).
Damen’s Director, Green Solutions, Marcel Karsijns, said:
“This will allow all activities – onboard visits, 3D-scanning, engineering, piping, project management and installation – to be executed under one roof.”
Source: Damen
