The supper large tanker, boasting 310,000 in dwt and a length of 336 meters, features a SOx scrubber, which can reduce sulfur oxide emissions to less than 0.5 pct from the existing 3.5 pct, according to the shipbuilder.
The gas cleaning system is 11 meters high and 8.3 meters wide and uses seawater to clean the exhaust gas waste.
The VLCC, named Almi Atlas, is also described as highly energy efficient mainly due to the high-tech rudder and propulsion technology installed onboard.
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries hosted a naming ceremony for the green tanker on Tuesday, March 13. It is the first of two ships ordered by Greek shipowner Almi Tankers in August 2016.
The shipbuilder believes the gas cleaning technology would enable it to become the preferred builder of green vessels of the future that would need to replace the outdated vessels in order for shipowners to comply with the 2020 Sulfur cap.
Estimates from Clarkson Research indicate that about 10 percent of the total of 92,000 of world’s vessels which will be 20-years old in two years would have to be replaced with environmentally-friendly units.
韓國現代重工集團旗下的現代Samho重工公司透露，該公司已經完成了世界上第一個配備符合國際海事組織2020年Sulfur Cap要求的廢氣清潔系統的超大型原油船舶。
據造船廠介紹，這艘超大型油輪擁有310,000載重噸，長336米，配有SOx洗滌器，可將硫氧化物排放量從現有的3.5％降至0.5％以下。
氣體淨化系統高11米，寬8.3米，利用海水清理廢氣廢物。
由於安裝在船上的高科技方向舵和推進技術，名為Almi Atlas的VLCC也被描述為高度節能。
現代Samho重工在3月13日星期二為綠色油輪舉辦了命名儀式。這是2016年8月希臘船東Almi Tankers訂購的兩艘船舶中的第一艘。
造船廠認為，氣體淨化技術將使其成為未來綠色船舶的首選生產商，為了讓船東遵守2020硫磺瓶蓋，需要更換過時的船隻。
Clarkson研究所的估計顯示，在兩年內將有20萬年曆史的92,000艘世界船舶中，約有10％將不得不用環保單位來取代。
Imformation Source: World Maritime News
