Langh Ship Scrubber Gets Final Class Approval

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Wednesday August 6, 2014

Finnish shipowner Langh Ship says it has received final class approval for an exhaust gas scrubber that the company developed itself after its installation on the vessel M/S Laura.

"The technology had already been accepted earlier, but now the documentation is also finalised," said Senior Technical Adviser Reino Verosaari.

"In a way, this is like crossing the finish line."

Germanischer Lloyd classed the closed-loop scrubber, which uses caustic soda to neutralise the sulfur oxide (SOx) from the exhaust gas and clean the process water.

Waste from the system is collected in a dry form for easy disposal.

Langh ship said last October that the technology would allow the M/S Laura to sail in the North and Baltic Seas while burning high-sulfur bunkers even after the new limits on sulfur emissions take effect at the start of next year.

Along with using the design for its own ships, Langh Ship is making the scrubber available to other companies through DeltaLangh Ltd., a joint venture owned by marine engineering and consulting company Deltamarin Ltd. and Lang Ship sister company Oy Langh Tech Ab.

"DeltaLangh has already begun installing similar exhaust gas cleaning systems on our other four vessels," said Commercial Manager Laura Langh-Lagerlöf.

"The installations are expected to be fully operational on 1st January 2015, when the new regulation comes into force."

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