Buss Shipping installs PureSOx scrubbers
The 1,025 teu container feeders Condar and Corsar, which operate exclusively in Emission Control Areas (ECAs), will be fitted with hybrid scrubbers. A closed-loop option is essential given the low-alkalinity waters between Rotterdam and St Petersburg.
Torben Kölln, managing director, Buss Shipping, said: “The hybrid systems will provide emission compliance with maximum flexibility and fuel economy. This will uphold the competitiveness of our offer to charter customers.”
The systems will feature multiple inlets connecting the main engine and two auxiliary engines to one U-design scrubber. These inlets now lead into a single scrubber jet section – an advance on earlier designs that will make the scrubber even more compact.
“The PureSOx solution was well engineered and allowed a sophisticated integration of the scrubber system into our container feeder ships,” says Christoph Meier, project manager, Buss Shipping. “The custom construction let us avoid major modifications inside the vessel, which together with the pre-outfitting gave us a short installation time. All those factors contributed to a competitive price.”
Buss Shipping GmbH & Co. KG cooperated with SDC Ship Design & Consult in the engineering of the systems. Detailed engineering was handled by the shipyard German Dry Docks, which will install the systems.
