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AEC Maritime has completed a closed loop scrubber installation, which is now fully operational on board the Scandlines ferry M/V Schleswig-Holstein, sailing on the Puttgarden-Rødby route.

Commenting on the news, Marcel Clephas, managing director of AEC Maritime, said: "AEC Maritime is proud to have successfully installed an all-in-one compact scrubber system in close co-operation with Scandlines. We showed that our technology works as expected."

Fini Alsted Hansen, Technical Superintendent Fleet Management at Scandlines, remarked: "We are impressed with the AEC approach and the simplicity of their system. Their technology works without filters so there is no polluting packed bed. AEC Maritime has made clever use of their 20 years’ experience within scrubber technology.

“We are the scrubbing specialists. In fact that’s all we do. Our experience dates back to 1994 and includes extensive research on how to reduce emissions and odours. We have applied this technology in 2,300 land-based scrubber systems," added Clephas.

AEC Maritime says it has a patent pending on the design of its scrubbing technology, which is applicable to all type of engines.

With this technology, ship owners can use high sulphur fuels while meeting the strict requirements set by the IMO MARPOL Annex VI Resolution MEPC 184 (159).

AEC offers closed loop scrubbers, open scrubbers and hybrid scrubbers. Its systems are said to be simple to operate and to have low energy consumption, low back pressure and no polluting packed bed. AEC scrubbers can be used on all types of ship engines.

Working in close cooperation with its partners (VDL, Wolfard & Wessels and GEA Westfalia Seperators), AEC provides an all-inclusive solution: tailored design, engineering, manufacturing and installation for industrial and marine organisations.