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Hamburg- based SAL Heavy Lift is progressing with a job to set up 6 of its vessels with brand-new emissions-reducing hydrogen/methanol shot innovation.

In doing so, SAL Heavy Lift will certainly come to be the very first delivery firm worldwide to embrace the green-tech system to its vessels.

The shot innovation has actually been established by FUELSAVE GmbH. By dynamically infusing a mix of hydrogen, oxygen, water, as well as methanol right into details components of the air consumption of both the major engine as well as the complementary engines, the system, referred to as FS MARINE+, will certainly bring about a much cleaner as well as comprehensive burning procedure, leading to decreased gas usage as well as reduced discharges.

According to FUELSAVE, the FS MARINE+ generator has actually shown ordinary decreases of 10% much less carbon dioxide, 15% much less SOx, 30-80% much less NOx as well as 40% much less bit discharges.

The system is currently getting in the following phase of recognition, whereupon it will certainly be completely mounted on 6 SAL vessels.

“SAL has always been a frontrunner when it comes to innovation and we are dedi- cated to make shipping more efficient and cleaner by using technologies that creates a long-lasting effect,” states Sebastian Westphal, Chief Technology Officer at SAL Heavy Lift.

The very first vessel to be retroffited with the system will certainly be the 2008-built MV Trina, with installment prepared in the very first quarter of 2020. Five extra vessels are prepared to adhere to.

“We have tested a prototype on a generator engine of our MV Annette over more than two years with very convincing results. The FS MARINE+ system not only achieved significant fuel savings, but also emission and air pollution reductions which was verified by 3rd parties both during field trials and in laboratory tests,” included Westphal.

Additional stakeholders in the job consist of EcoTune Marine, DNV GL as RO for Antigua as well as Barbuda flag, Carl Baguhn, GUY Energy remedies, M.A.C. System Solutions, AVL, as well as the flag state management ofGermany