Equipment

US shipowner Liberty Maritime Corp is to install Ecochlor’s chlorination and filtration driven ballast water management solutions onboard seven bulk carriers and two pure car/truck carriers.

Two containerships operated by Hamburg-based Buss Shipping will install PureSOx scrubbers from Alfa Laval in early 2016 – a move said to secure valuable fuel economy in the competitive charter market.

Norway’s Yara Marine Technologies has equipped a Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) cruise ship with five new SOx scrubbers to improve both efficiency and performance.

Lagersmit has launched an oil collector ring (OCR) which aims to prevent oil leakage into the engine room.

A new waste heat recovery system inspired by geothermal power plants, developed by Kobe Steel, Asahi Shipping Co and Miura Co, has gained approval as environmental equipment by ClassNK.