Sembcorp and Ecospec sign agreement

Sembawang Shipyard, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine of Singapore, anticipates huge demand for green environmental solutions to meet international and local regulations, and believes that this MOA will provide both companies with the capability to serve this demand and at the same time play a role in enhancing environmental protection.

The partnership aims to combine the strengths of both parties: Sembawang Shipyard’s design and engineering expertise and Ecospec’s technological developing capabilities to provide ship-owners with innovative and effective green solutions for complying with stringent emissions regulations.

Ecospec, a Singapore-based research and development technological company, is working on advanced emission reduction and environmental technologies with several patents. Ecospec has developed CSNOx, the first emission abatement technology claimed to be capable of removing SOx, CO₂ and NOx in one system, with wash water quality surpassing all IMO criteria, resulting in no secondary pollution. Ddifferent versions of CSNOx have been developed: cSOx, a system primarily to address the SOx issue but achieve at a carbon neutral position and CNOx, a system to take care of NOx emission and again at a carbon neutral position. Ecospec has developed other systems to provide green, non-chemical solutions for: bio-fouling control with its BioMag system; corrosion control, ElMag system; and boiler water treatment, ScaMag.

A new demonstration site is to be erected at Sembawang Shipyard, providing simulated operating conditions.

Both companies are confident that the co-operation will lead to increased competitiveness in the marine and offshore industry.