PICTURE: Alfa Laval
In June 2018, Safe Bulkers,Inc (NYSE: SB) chosen Alfa Laval to retrofit 20 of its vessels with PureSOx exhaust gas scrubber systems. Now the completely dry mass driver has actually authorized a lasting Alfa Laval solution contract that will certainly secure the systems’ conformity with IMO 2020 with connection as well as even more.
Safe Bulkers purchased PureSOx retrofits for 12 Post-Panamax vessels, 6 Kamsarmax vessels as well as 2 Capesize vessels, with distributions running up until March 2020. Almost 15 of those systems, which make up open-loop scrubbers set up for numerous inlet resources, have actually currently been set up at COSCO retrofit backyards with engineering layout being given by Alpha Marine Consulting P.C.
Throughout the procedure, Alfa Laval has actually partnered carefully with the shipyards, giving assistance with in your area based task supervisors with solid support from its PureSOx item facility in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
“Alfa Laval’s project management has really been first-rate,” claimsDr Loukas Barmparis, President ofSafe Bulkers “Not only was there no time difference or language barrier in working with our yards, there was never any question about scope or responsibilities. Alfa Laval’s team worked with us proactively to solve issues as quickly as possible, and they brought additional resources to the yard whenever time or flexibility became a concern.”
TAKING THE COLLABORATION FURTHER
With most of the PureSOx retrofits finished, Safe Bulkers is currently expecting safeguard hassle-free procedure with a customized Alfa Laval solution contract. It consists of connection as well as lifecycle-oriented solutions chosen from the Alfa Laval PureSOx 360 ° Service Portfolio, attended to a level annual cost.
“We feel very satisfied with the scrubber project execution, and we want to be equally successful in the operation of our PureSOx systems,” claimsDr Barmparis. “The Alfa Laval service agreement will help us safeguard long-term performance, for example by using data analysis to keep systems performing at their peak.”
SOLUTIONS TO SECURE EFFICIENCY WITH TIME
In enhancement to real Alfa Laval extra components, solution sets as well as sensing unit calibration by exchange, the contract consists of solutions that will certainly make restorative upkeep extra plannable as well as upkeep prices extra foreseeable.
“Hands-on training will lay a foundation for safe, compliant and cost-effective PureSOx operation,” claimsDr Barmparis.
Safe Bulkers staff participants as well as superintendents will certainly be educated at the lately opened up Alfa Laval PureSOx Training Center in Shanghai, where a full-size PureSOx system is set up.
“On top of that foundation, we will use data-driven PureSOx Connect services for compliance and performance monitoring,” notesDr Barmparis.
PureSOx Connect solutions will certainly allow Safe Bulkers verify conformity conveniently, creating automated records for handover to neighborhood authorities. In enhancement, the scrubber information will certainly be examined with innovative formulas, making it possible for health and wellness surveillance, root-cause recognition as well as remote solution assistance when required.
“Scrubber connectivity will give us deeper insights and keep our systems optimized,” claimsDr Barmparis. “Alfa Laval will perform yearly condition audits of our PureSOx installations, but PureSOx Connect will help us take preventive actions and minimize the corrective needs they find.”
COLLABORATION FOR LASTING CONFORMITY
“We want to protect our uptime and eliminate any risk of non-compliance,” claimsDr Barmparis. “Alfa Laval was the natural choice to help us do that, and their clear service offering made it easy to find the right services for our needs.”
“As in all projects, we’ve worked hard to meet Safe Bulkers’ expectations during the sales and order execution phases,” claims Ren é Diks, Director for Exhaust Gas Cleaning atAlfa Laval “Now that the orders are nearing completion, we will continue working hard to provide Safe Bulkers with support and services that will keep their PureSOx systems compliant and in top shape. More than scrubber deliveries, we see this as a long-term partnership.”
