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Italian Maritime Report

ACG Makes Solid Inroads

Since it was established in the mid- 19408, Azienda Chimica Genovese (ACG) has grown significantly, and today boasts a broad international mar- ket base with clients, both shipyards and shipowners from all over the world. Ini- tially producing only antifouling units,

ACG soon expanded its product range to include the supply of ICCP systems and in the early 1990s adopted its electro chlorination antifouling system to the disinfection of seawater swimming pools both onboard cruise ships and ashore.

The Azienda Chimica Genovese (ACG) system is onboard Olympic Cruise Lines' Olympic Voy- ager, which was built at Blohm+Voss Shipyard.

ACG has three offices in China, one in

Korea and another in Norway. It is assisted in its goal to satisfy all its clients by service engineers and agents located worldwide.

Azienda Chimica Genovese offers a high quality and effective product at very competitive prices and for this rea- son it has succeeded in entering the hearts and minds of clients all over the world.

Recent contracts in the U.S. include: • Bath Iron Works: Arleigh Burke

DDG Destroyers for U.S. Navy, to sup- ply electrochlorination antifouling sys-

ACG U.S. Reference List

Shipyard Shipowner Ship name ACG system

Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 1 Ecolcell R700

Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 2 Ecolcell R700

Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 3 Ecolcell R700

Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 4 Ecolcell R700

Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 5 Ecolcell R700

Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 6 Ecolcell R700

Newport News Exxon/Mobil American Progress Ecolcell R1500

Lloyd Werft Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Sky Ecolcell R2000

Lloyd Werft Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Sky II Ecolcell R2000

Kvaerner Masa Carnival Corp 503 (Carnival Miracle) Ecolcell R6000,R3500,R3500

Kvaerner Masa Carnival Corp 504 Ecolcell R6000,R3500.R3500

Kvaerner Masa Carnival Corp 505 Ecolcell R6000,R3500.R3500

Fincantieri Sestri Minoan Lines Knossos Palace Ecolcell R3000

Fincantieri Sestri Minoan Lines Olympia Palace Ecolcell R3000

Fincantieri Sestri Minoan Lines Festos Palace Ecolcell R3000

Apuanio Renaissance Cruises Renaissance VI (White Goddess) Ecolcell R700

Apuania Renaissance Cruises Renaissance VII (Godess Nayna) Ecolcell R700

Apuonia Renaissonce Cruises Renaissance VIII Ecolcell R700

Apuania Renaissance Cruises Sun Viva Ecolcell R600

Brodogradiliste Wallem Shipmanagement Marble Ecolcell R1300

Brodosplit Wallem Shipmanagement Front Comor Ecolcell R1300

Brodogradiliste Wallem Shipmanagement Front Sunda Ecolcell R1300

Brodogradiliste Wallem Shipmanagement Granite Ecolcell R1300

Hyundai Mipo Gypsum Transportation 9927 Ecolcell R1000

Trogir Laurin Maritime 302 Ecolcell R1000

Trogir Laurin Maritime 303 Ecolcell R1000

Trogir Laurin Maritime 304 Ecolcell R1000

Trogir Laurin Maritime 305 Ecolcell R1000

Newport News Hvide Marine Diamond Shoals Ecolcell R1500

Newport News Hvide Marine Cape Lookout Shoals Ecolcell R1500

Newport News Eletson Corporation Agathonissos Ecolcell R1500

Alabama Shipyard Dannebrog Rederi A/S Amalienborg Ecolcell R700

Alabama Shipyard Dannebrog Rederi A/S Aggersborg Ecolcell R700

Hyundai Mipo OMI Corp 9 Ecokell R1500 & Marimpress 250A

Hyundai Mipo OMI Corp 10 Ecolcell R1500 & Marimpress 250A

Halter Marine NOAA Research Fishing Vessel l-PO-013

Marimpress 50A

Avondale Shipyard Polar Tankers Endeavour Ecolcell R2000

Avondale Shipyard Polar Tankers Discovery Ecolcell R2000

Avondale Shipyard Polar Tankers Resolution Ecolcell R2000 tem type R700. This system is capable of producing 228g chlorine per hour. • Carnival Cruise Line: New ships being built at Fincantieri Monfalcone will include ACG's electrochlorination antifouling system for the protection of seachests and seawater pipelines from the growth of marine fouling. Each ship will install two type R4000 units for pro- tection.

These ships will also use three ACG electrochlorination system of type R800 for the disinfection of seawater swim- ming pools aboard these new construc- tions.

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Passenger ships, ferries and cruise liners are connecting ports, coasts and continents by timetables which are accurate right down to the last minute.

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Under such circumstances the reliability of the propulsion plant takes on particular importance.

MAN B&W four-stroke Diesel engines have been proving their reliability either as straightforward

Diesel propulsion or Diesel-elec- tric propulsion plant on board famous cruise liners and ferries.

MAN B&W's modern IS (Invisible

Smoke) engines use fuel-water emulsification in order to operate with invisible smoke and clean exhaust at any load - with NOx emissions far below the IMO limit,

July, 2002

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Tel, +49 821 3220, Fax +49 821 322 3382, e-mail: [email protected]

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