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Alfa Laval - a specialist in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has won an order from MAN Diesel & Turbo to supply Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems for two cruise ships.

The order, which is for four scrubbers, has a value of approximately SEK 55 million (USD 8.35 million), and delivery is scheduled for 2013 and 2014.

The Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems will be installed onboard two luxury cruise liners, where it is claimed they will remove over 98 percent of the sulphur oxides (SOx) from the ships' exhaust gas.

By combining MAN's engines with Alfa Laval's PureSOx systems, these luxury cruise vessels will be able to continue using heavy fuel oil instead of expensive, low sulphur fuel and still meet the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) increasingly stringent requirements in Emission Controlled Areas (ECAs).

"This order proves the technical acceptance among the largest players in the marine industry for our Alfa Laval PureSOx system," said Lars Renstrom, President and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group.

Alfa Laval estimates that 5,000 ships will be affected by the SOx convention and says that it will focus on marketing its exhaust gas cleaning systems to existing and new vessels with large engines.

The company calculates that approximately 1,000 - 2,000 vessels will be equipped with scrubbers over a five-year period.