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The scrubbers are used in the cleaning of sulphur from the exhaust gases.[/caption]
FREJA in Finland doesn’t always transport to or from Finland. At the end of 2019, FREJA in Finland started a project which includes combined transports of scrubbers from Poland to a shipyard in Turkey.
Scrubbers (Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems, EGCS) are used to remove harmful components, such as sulphur oxides (SOx) from the exhaust gasses of ship engines.
“This time the challenge was not the weight but the dimensions of the scrubbers”, Project Director Tom Lunabba says.
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FREJA Finland transported seven scrubbers to Turkey.[/caption]
During the project, seven scrubbers, dimensions 950 x 650 x 450 cm each, were transported by road and sea. The scrubbers' journey was about three weeks. The first two days they were transported by road as a special transport to the port of Gdynia. From there, the journey continued as sea freight to the shipyard in Turkey.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a sulphur content limit for emissions. From the 1st of January 2020, the maximum sulphur content of marine fuels was reduced to 0.5% (down from 3.5%) globally. Two years ago, the IMO also agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by at least 50% by 2050.
Finland is one of the biggest players in the scrubber system markets, among Sweden, Norway, and the USA.
If you want to know more or have any questions, please feel free to contact FREJA's Project Director, Tom Lunabba.