EGCS vendors are ready to meet 2020 demand – Nils Hoy-Petersen explains what is required and why
Expert papers submitted to IMO will guide the 2020/2025 decision and will present various scenarios around the availability of fuel and alternative compliance technologies.
It is believed that at least one paper will use a scenario in which some 15% of the global fleet, in terms of ship numbers, are fitted with scrubbers. Depending upon the deadweight tonnage of the ships placing scrubber orders this could equate to nearer 30% of global fleet fuel consumption.
Scrubber vendors are ready to meet the demand, but are facing the challenge of delayed decision making by regulators, which results in the need for accelerated design and installation processes. An early decision is therefore essential to enable an ordered, safe and economic installation window prior to 2020. Read more
For marine engineers of a certain age, it used to be necessary to increase the electrical power available to the ship by manually synchronising the supply of an incoming generator with those already online using a series of lights. As the phases of the electrical supplies became properly aligned, the lights would flash ever more slowly, and at the right moment the engineer (with a little nervous anticipation) would close the breaker and put the generator ‘on the board’.
