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Gibraltar-based Gibdock Awarded "Breakthrough" Scrubber Project
Gibraltar-based Gibdock Monday in an emailed press release announced that it has been awarded a "breakthrough" exhaust gas scrubber (EGS) retrofit project that will see five vessels, operated by Norbulk Shipping and owned by Vroon B.V., fitted with the technology.
The project, which utilises Alfa Laval auxiliary engine and boiler EGS units, is said to be the first of its kind to be awarded to any Southern European yard.
"We are the first yard in the region to win a major exhaust scrubber project," said Richard Beards, Managing Director at Gibdock.
"Gibdock's competitiveness, high quality workmanship and on-schedule redelivery has led to this breakthrough deal, which opens a new chapter in the industry's EGS installation work options."
The project is said to also include dry-docking survey work, including an overhauling of sea valves, overhauling of boiler safety valves, pipeworks, and insulation works.
In September, Ship & Bunker reported that Scandlines says it is expecting the European Union (EU) to award the company €6.3 million ($7.11 million) for the company to install scrubbers on two of its new vessels that cross between Rostock and Gedser.
