Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 06/2017
Tackling the scrubber choice
Wastewater Luxembourg-based APATEQ has launched what it calls a green and cost-efficient one-stop solution for the treatment of wastewater generated from the operation of scrubbers for exhaust gas cleaning (scrub water treatment). The company’s MarinePaq enables shipowners to clean their vessels’ scrub water for direct discharge into the sea by combining ultra-filtration with innovative process technologies. One system has been installed for the Danish shipping company Scandlines in Gedser, Denmark.
In preparation for the 0.5% sulphur cap agreed by the IMO (International Maritime Organization) for introduction through Marpol Annex VI in 2020, APATEQ has designed and manufactured a new system to treat wastewater from scrubber operation.