Eight DFDS ships are now fitted with scrubbers

The eighth DFDS ship is in dock in order to be fitted with a scrubber system: one that can clean a ship’s exhaust gases of sulphur. This investment is really needed in order to prepare ourselves for the new and stricter EU sulphur rules that take effect from January 2015.

Ship no. 8 is BRITANNIA SEAWAYS, one of DFDS Ro-Ro freight ships that serves routes on the North Sea. BRITANNIA SEAWAYS is currently at the Remontowa shipyard in Poland where the scrubber is being installed.

Fitting a scrubber is spectacularly simple

The large casing with built-in scrubber is being prepared on the quay. Afterwards it is lifted intact onto the ship and placed between the ship’s two funnels. The two funnels are then connected to the scrubber. This is followed, by the difficult and lengthy task of connecting and completing the scrubber installation.

The large casing with in-built scrubber is prepared on the quay (Image Credit: DFDS)

Afterwards it is transported to the ship (Image Credit: DFDS)

The scrubber system is definitely not a one-size-fits-all solution and the kind of scrubber that is to be installed really depends on the type of ship. Kasper Moos, DFDS Head of Technical Organisation, explains: “The method used for BRITANNIA SEAWAYS can be used on ships with two main engines and exhaust funnels. Other methods must be used on other ships. The flower ships that sail on the Gothenburg routes have a main engine and a funnel in the centre line of the ship. As a result the casing is expanded to accommodate the large scrubber installation.”

Below is freight ship MAGNOLIA SEAWAYS with the large, but still harmonious, funnel casing and scrubber in the middle of the ship.

(Image Credit: DFDS)

Kasper continues: “The same system applies if the funnel is aft of the ship as is the case with freight ship OPTIMA SEAWAYS, where the scrubber is located behind the funnel casing. Therefore, we have different installation methods and funnels that have different appearances as a consequence.”

The picture shows OPTIMA SEAWAYS in the Port of Karlshamn with its newly installed scrubber, which is located behind the existing funnel casing. (Image Credit: DFDS)

Source: DFDS

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