APATEQ supplies scrubber water treatment technology for Scandlines
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Business
Luxembourg-based APATEQ is to develop, build and supply a new compact scrubber water treatment system in Gedser harbour for use by two Scandlines ferries.
Luxembourg-based APATEQ is to develop, build and supply a new compact scrubber water treatment system in Gedser harbour for use by two Scandlines ferries.
The containerised MarinePaq plant will treat the wastewater produced during the exhaust gas cleaning process on Scandlines’ ferries, which operate between Gedser and Rostock in Germany.
Designed to remove particles of heavy metals, hydrocarbons and soot in the ferries’ wastewater, MarinePaq uses proprietary process technologies for high-efficiency primary treatment, followed by ultrafiltration and finally heavy metal extraction processes. This produces an effluent that can be directly discharged into Gedser harbour. Any sludge arising from the treatment will be compacted by an integrated chamber filter press before it is safely disposed in landfill sites.
“As a shipping company, Scandlines has an environmental responsibility,” said Fini Hansen, Scandlines’ technical superintendent. “We want to contribute to the preservation of the fragile marine ecosystem by cleaning our exhaust gases and by only discharging water of the highest quality back into the ocean. APATEQ’s MarinePaq offers a unique solution to discharge the cleaned water, even into the harbour basin.”
The plant will be delivered, installed and commissioned in Gedser in spring 2016.
Source: Cruise&Ferry
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