Yara Marine installs inline scrubber for 80MW ULCC engine

This is the biggest ship engine ever to be successfully fitted with an inline hybrid scrubber system. The inline hybrid scrubber system also covers the exhaust from the ULCC’s 5 x 5MW auxiliary engines.

The ULCC’s system consists of one large inline scrubber for the main engine and a secondary normal-sized scrubber to cover the vessel’s gensets. The main engine scrubber was designed without a bypass arrangement, which is only possible for inline scrubber installations. The second scrubber dedicated to treating the gensets’ exhaust does feature a bypass arrangement, as at least one genset will always be on-line.

“The installation of Yara Marine’s inline hybrid SOx scrubber on the vessel confirms our customer’s commitment to protect the environment, not only from IMO-regulated SOx emissions, but also Particulate Matter (PM) and other hazardous substances from exhaust gas,” says Yara Marine Chief Sales & Marketing Officer Kai Låtun.

The project marks an important milestone in expanding areas where shipowners can achieve full and cost-efficient IMO compliance with SOx scrubbers.

The successful MARPOL test confirms the scalability of Yara Marine’s exhaust gas cleaning systems and their ability to provide efficient SOx treatment on larger vessels, such as in the container segment.

“We believe that with the successful MARPOL test on the vessel, we have inspired and convinced more shipowners about the feasibility of Yara Marine scrubbers,” says Yara Marine CEO Peter Strandberg.

The ULCC is already in full operation in its dedicated trading route.