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Innovative new Marine Solutions

CO2 emissions today, with the poten- tial of exceeding 90% in the future.

Tankers to be re? t with “Carbon capture technology was missing in our existing portfolio of

Carbon Capture Tech emission lowering solutions, which today consists primarily of alternative marine fuels,” said Cyril Ducau, CEO,

EPS. “We believe that carbon capture technology holds signi? cant promise for reducing emissions for existing and future ocean-going vessels. Coupled with alternative fuels, biofuels and oth- er solutions, carbon capture is a crucial

Photo: Eastern Paci? c Shipping step in accelerating the shipping indus- astern Paci? c Shipping (EPS) System – a prefabricated gas cleaning try’s decarbonization efforts ahead of signed a de? nitive agreement with system that ? lters sulfur and 99% of IMO targets.”

ERotterdam-based Value Maritime particulate matter. The system will in- In addition to its carbon capture capa- (VM) to install carbon capture and ? l- clude a Carbon Capture Module charg- bilities, the Filtree System also removes tering systems on MR tankers M/T Pa- ing a CO2 battery onboard. oil residue and particulate matter from ci? c Cobalt and M/T Paci? c Gold, with The charged CO2 battery will be dis- the wash water, ensuring its PH value is an option to equip three more vessels. charged in port and subsequently used neutralized and contributes to reducing

The installation of the ? rst system is by CO2 customers, such as greenhous- the acidi? cation of seawater. scheduled to be completed within 2022 es, or injected into carbon sequestration Installation onboard M/T Paci? c Co- with engineering and planning under- networks. The discharged battery will balt is expected to be completed by the way. be returned to the vessel for CO2 re- end of 2022, while the installation on-

The 2020-built, 49,700 DWT sister charging. This ‘plug and play’ approach board M/T Paci? c Gold is scheduled to vessels, will be ? tted with VM’s Filtree allows vessels to capture up to 40% of be completed by the end of Q1 2023.

Remotely Activated Towing Solution (RATS) emotely Activated Towing Solution (RATS) is a new safety-tech designed to enable tow lines to be estab-

Rlished between vessels safer and faster in virtually any conditions. The RATS automation technology is designed to integrate with existing digital vessel control systems on com- mercial, military and autonomous vessels. The patented sys- tem integrates within a vessel, designed to provide ‘push but- ton’ deployment locally/remotely without any crew needed on deck. On deployment, a rocket and ultra-? oating heaving line is propelled 200+m from the stricken vessel to land in the sea. The salvage vessel safely retrieves the heaving line/ rocket with a simple grapple from the water. Once heaving line is recovered, the salvage vessel can withdraw the 200+m messenger line from the speed-controlled reel, followed by 100+m of towing cable from the stricken vessel. The tow cable is then connected to the salvage vessels’ main towing cable, which is then paid out to begin the tow. RATS Marine

Limited is now looking for interested parties and investment to take this project forward. https://ratsmarine.co.uk/

Image courtesy RATS 52 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • June 2022

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