Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment is to supply open loop scrubbers for two Ro-Ro passenger ferries owned by Spanish company Trasmed GLE S.L., which is part of the Grimaldi Group, says a press release published on their website.
Open loop scrubbers
Trasmed GLE S.L. has selected four of Wärtsilä’s I-SOx open loop scrubbers with exhaust de-plume systems for the RoPax vessels Volcan del Teide and Ciudad de Granada which operate in the Mediterranean Sea.
Installation
Each vessel will have four scrubbers installed, one on each main engine. The order was booked in November 2021.
The installations will take place in 2022 and marks the first time that Wärtsilä has conducted a RoPax scrubber retrofit in the region.
Committed to reduce shipping’s impact
Sigurd Jenssen, Director at Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment, commented: ‘We are delighted to see Trasmed GLE S.L. joining the ranks of maritime leaders committed to meeting environmental regulations and reducing shipping’s impact on the planet.
‘Not only does this announcement build on our long relationship with Grimaldi and the Group’s subsidiary companies, but it also confirms the wider trend we are seeing across the shipping industry that shipowners are investing in quality, flexible and lifecycle-based technologies for their vessels, either at the newbuild stage or as retrofits.’
Ettore Morace, Managing Director at Trasmed GLE S.L. also noted that all the Trasmed fleet will have scrubbers installed before summer 2020.
‘This will be a huge effort from our technical department and confirms our full commitment to be a “environmentally friendly” shipping company,’ he said.
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Source: Wärtsilä
