Partnership with MAN
2011-04-13 15:35
Partnership with MAN 'a milestone' for scrubber system
22nd September 2010 15:02 GMT
The marketing-partnership with engine maker MAN Diesel & Turbo for a
patented dry exhaust gas cleaning system is "a milestone in the history of our
young company," according to Couple Systems.
"It means that one of the biggest market players is convinced about our
DryEGCS technology," Olaf Knueppel, Couple Systems Managing Partner, told
Bunkerworld and Sustainable Shipping.
The company's dry scrubbing system, which has been certified by the
classification society Germanischer Lloyd, is said to be able to remove 99%
sulphur oxides (SOx) and 98% particulate matter (PM) when operating on high
sulphur fuel oil (HSFO).
It promises to enable compliance with the 0.10% fuel sulphur limit that comes into force for emission control
areas (ECAs) in 2015 while operating on HSFO. A 0.1% fuel sulphur limit is already in force for ships at berth in
European Union ports.
It can also be combined with a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system to meet future nitrogen oxide (NOx)
emissions limits."Already based on today's price difference the investment in a DryEGCS will return within 18 months for ships purely operating in ECA," Knueppel said.
Availability of low sulphur fuels "in adequate quantity is a question in itself," but the price gap between HFSO
and low sulphur fuel "will widen considerably in the near future," he observed.
A North American ECA will take effect from 2012, significantly increasing demand for maximum 1.00% sulphur
fuels, and for fuels with maximum 0.10% sulphur from 2015.
"With the DryEGCS the ship owner can sail anywhere in the world using the significantly less expensive heavy
fuel oil, at the same time meeting the legal limit values and complying with the most stringent environmental
regulations," Knueppel said.
He predicted that the return on investment (ROI) in 2015 will be around six to eight months.
According to Bunkerworld price data, current price differentials between 1.00% low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) and
HSFO has yet to exceed $50 per metric tonne (pmt) in ports inside the ECA in northern Europe. Premiums this
week were ranging from just above $20 to a little over $30 pmt in most ports.
The price difference between HSFO and marine gas oil (MGO) meeting a 0.10% limit, however, was seen at
around $250 pmt in Rotterdam this week.
Knuppel stressed that shipowners had just four years left to choose their emission compliance strategies, which
could include investing in an exhaust gas cleaning system. "Considering global capacities for a retro fit of an exhaust gas cleaning system, it is a matter of course that we
will see the real bottleneck then," he predicted.
He said the co-operation with MAN would make it easier to communicate this fact to shipowners.
London News Desk, 22nd September 2010 15:02 GMT
22nd September 2010 15:02 GMT
The marketing-partnership with engine maker MAN Diesel & Turbo for a
patented dry exhaust gas cleaning system is "a milestone in the history of our
young company," according to Couple Systems.
"It means that one of the biggest market players is convinced about our
DryEGCS technology," Olaf Knueppel, Couple Systems Managing Partner, told
Bunkerworld and Sustainable Shipping.
The company's dry scrubbing system, which has been certified by the
classification society Germanischer Lloyd, is said to be able to remove 99%
sulphur oxides (SOx) and 98% particulate matter (PM) when operating on high
sulphur fuel oil (HSFO).
It promises to enable compliance with the 0.10% fuel sulphur limit that comes into force for emission control
areas (ECAs) in 2015 while operating on HSFO. A 0.1% fuel sulphur limit is already in force for ships at berth in
European Union ports.
It can also be combined with a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system to meet future nitrogen oxide (NOx)
emissions limits."Already based on today's price difference the investment in a DryEGCS will return within 18 months for ships purely operating in ECA," Knueppel said.
Availability of low sulphur fuels "in adequate quantity is a question in itself," but the price gap between HFSO
and low sulphur fuel "will widen considerably in the near future," he observed.
A North American ECA will take effect from 2012, significantly increasing demand for maximum 1.00% sulphur
fuels, and for fuels with maximum 0.10% sulphur from 2015.
"With the DryEGCS the ship owner can sail anywhere in the world using the significantly less expensive heavy
fuel oil, at the same time meeting the legal limit values and complying with the most stringent environmental
regulations," Knueppel said.
He predicted that the return on investment (ROI) in 2015 will be around six to eight months.
According to Bunkerworld price data, current price differentials between 1.00% low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) and
HSFO has yet to exceed $50 per metric tonne (pmt) in ports inside the ECA in northern Europe. Premiums this
week were ranging from just above $20 to a little over $30 pmt in most ports.
The price difference between HSFO and marine gas oil (MGO) meeting a 0.10% limit, however, was seen at
around $250 pmt in Rotterdam this week.
Knuppel stressed that shipowners had just four years left to choose their emission compliance strategies, which
could include investing in an exhaust gas cleaning system. "Considering global capacities for a retro fit of an exhaust gas cleaning system, it is a matter of course that we
will see the real bottleneck then," he predicted.
He said the co-operation with MAN would make it easier to communicate this fact to shipowners.
London News Desk, 22nd September 2010 15:02 GMT
