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INTERVIEW JENS GROTH, CEO, CHRIS-MARINE

The Chris-Marine ShaPoLi Solution will help ship owner/ operators complywith new EEXI and CII regulations.

Groth and his Chris-Marine team aim to get in on the ground

Enter ShaPoLi ? oor, and enjoy close relationships with several OEM engine

Increasingly Chris-Marine has become a part of the decar- designers to ensure that it is developing the tools needed to bonization discussion, as the IMO has set the target to mitigate work on the power plants of tomorrow.

CO2 emissions from ships by at least 40% by 2030 compared “One area we see changing is fuel technology, due to the to 2008 levels. To meet this target, IMO has adopted EEXI fact that heavy fuel oil with high sulfur content is being re- and CII, a set of amendments to existing regulations to reduce duced or removed, with alternative fuels coming up,” said greenhouse gas emissions from vessels.

Groth. “Every time you introduce a new fuel into the combus-

Chris-Marine developed a ShaPoLi, a solution that will en- tion chamber, you change the environment of the combustion able existing ships to meet the minimal energy ef? ciency level area.” This sometimes results in unintended consequences, to comply with the upcoming regulations.

such as when the sulfur cap came into effect and several en- “With the new [EEXI & CII] regulations coming into play, gine types had problems with their cylinder liners. “So we shipowners have to ? nd a solution to comply,” said Groth. developed several products for monitoring the condition of “There are basically two types of products that can assist: En- the cylinder liners,” said Groth, which teamed well with its gine Power Limitation (EPL) and ShaPoLi.” line-up of tools designed to restore the correct geometry and

In simple terms, EPL is analogous to putting a brick under cylinder liner surface. your gas pedal, limiting the amount of throttle you can give on

Changing the fuel also can have dramatic impact on the fuel the highway, for example. injectors. “When you change fuel, obviously you change the “ShaPoLi is more advanced,” said Groth, “We have a torque fuel injectors and that means a lot of new technology is com- meter constantly monitoring the torque on the shaft, and on ing out of our Danish of? ce. And this year we had a big tech- top of that, we have developed a control system that constantly nology development within exactly this area.” monitors the torque. If you are going above the limit allowed

So Chris-Marine is engaged from the beginning, under- within the EEXI framework, you’ll get an alarm on the bridge. standing the new technical parameters of the engines and their

It can fully automatic, or you can have it where the crew can components, creating the tools and technique to help make react and override it,” which could be needed in the case of them operational again when something inevitably fails. saving life at sea, or securing the ship from piracy or severe weather. The keys to the ShaPoLi system are it provides better www.marinelink.com 35

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