Clean Marine has been selected by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea to supply exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) for[ds_preview] two new MR tankers. Installation of the EGCS is scheduled to take place during 2016. The order for Clean Marine EGCS will enable the new medium-range tankers, owned and operated by a British oil major, to comply with IMO’s regulation of sulphur oxides without switching to more expensive fuels.
The two MR2 type tankers (hull numbers 2495 and 2496) have a deadweight of 40,000t and are part of a series of five sister vessels to be constructed at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. Clean Marine offers an EGCS which enables vessels to trade in all waters and ports well within the IMO and local regulations. The system’s integrated fan and gas recirculation technology allows the one EGCS unit to simultaneously serve all combustion units, including the boilers – this Allstream feature is valuable for vessels with many exhaust sources. The system supplied to Hyundai Mipo will be designed to clean 100,000 kg exhaust per hour and will remove both sulphur oxides (SOx) and particulate matter from the emissions from one main engine, two auxiliary engines, and one boiler. The system is a hybrid type which can operate seamlessly in both Open Loop and in Closed Loop (zero discharge mode).
