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Sweden's Alfa Laval – a leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order for four Alfa Laval PureSOx [pictured] exhaust gas cleaning systems. The order, booked by the company's Marine & Offshore Systems division at the end of September, has a value of approximately SEK 55 million ($6.03 million) and delivery is scheduled for 2015 and 2016.

The order includes Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems (closed loop systems) to be installed on new vessels.

"I am very pleased to announce this repeat order for our scrubber technology. The order confirms our system’s reliability and performance for reducing sulphur oxide, be it for retrofits or for installation aboard new vessels," said Lars Renström, President and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group.

IMO’s convention for the reduction of sulphur oxides (SOx) will affect all vessels, both new and existing. The convention demands that sulphur emission levels in certain Emission Control Areas (ECAs) shall be cut to 0.1 percent from the year 2015 and that the global emission level must not exceed 0.5 percent from the year 2020.

To reach these levels, ship owners will be able to either use more expensive low sulphur fuel or, on vessels where it is suitable, continue to run the ship on heavy fuel oil and invest in a scrubber such as Alfa Laval’s PureSOx.

Alfa Laval's PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning system.