Damen Shipyards Group and AEC Maritime have entered into a sales agreement that will allow Damen to offer its clients AEC’s IMO-certified exhaust gas scrubber technologies.
While AEC Maritime’s scrubbers have met with success in the shipping industry, a limiting factor for the company was that it lacked a maritime background, whereas Damen was not yet able to offer scrubber expertise. Through the agreement, the companies hope to complement each other and offer ship owners a "one-stop shop".
From Land-based to Maritime Scrubbers
AEC Maritime is a business that draws upon substantial experience and cooperation with sister company AEC Systems whose air cleaning products for various land-based industries have been developed in close cooperation with the VDL-Group. So far, AEC Systems has installed more than 2600 land-based scrubber systems.
In diversifying to maritime scrubber systems four years ago, AEC Maritime used the same proven ideas from these land-based products. The focus was to make scrubber installation simple, to optimise the price of the product with the cost of installation, and to deliver reliable and low maintenance systems.
98 Per Cent of Sulphur
AEC’s scrubbers can be installed on all types of engine and they allow vessels to run on traditional Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) instead of the more expensive Marine Gas Oil (MGO).
In terms of efficiency, the company’s scrubbers remove more than 98 per cent of sulphur from exhaust gases; thus exceeding IMO requirements. The systems also comply with MARPOL Annex VI (MEPC 58 and 59).
