Pacific Green Technologies celebrates installation of 100th marine gas scrubber

At 8:00am on August 10, 2020, STI AMBER, an oil and chemical tanker, cruised smoothly out of the Huarun Dadong Dockyard in Shanghai, China, marking the 100th successful installation of a Pacific Green Technologies (PGTK) marine gas scrubber system.
 
The installation was assisted by PGT’s Chinese partner, PowerChina. The two environmental technology giants first agreed to work together in 2016 and, since then, have installed 100 scrubber systems.
 
The scrubbers have been installed on more than 40 series of ship types, including containers, bulk carriers and oil tankers.
 
PGTK’s joint venture with PowerChina, one of the world’s largest engineering procurement construction companies with annual revenues of around $60 billion, combines elite technical expertise with raw production capacity, and offers shipowners opportunities that simply aren’t possible when working with smaller operators.

Of course, the global scrubber market has fallen sharply recently due to the coronavirus. Competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and it is more difficult to win orders.
 
However, by delivering 45 scrubber installations in 2019, PGTK/PowerChina have scaled resources to deliver an industry leading , guaranteed the high-quality delivery of scrubbers and earnt a hard-won reputation among customers for excellent resource allocation, strong quality control, and ever-improving test and sea trial processes.

The PGTK ENVI-Marine scrubber system is not only smaller, more efficient, cheaper to install and costs around 20% less to run than the competitions’ product but it delivers marine scrubbing efficiency equivalent to an astonishing 0.0047% sulphur fuel.

And each iteration is aimed to make the device more scalable and easier to build, while constantly improving the scrubbing efficiency - this is technology that will meet emissions targets for many years to come.
PGTK/PowerChina will continue to adhere to a high-quality development strategy, implement improved processes in all disciplines, and provide ever-better professional and efficient products and services for shipowners.
 
In short, our aim is remain the best scrubber solution provider in the world.

Source:XINDE MARINE NEWS

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