Satisfied in SOx compliance

PureSOx has an extensive reference list. It includes a broad range of vessel types, some of the world's largest SOx scrubber installations and repeat orders from satisfied customers. To view the full reference list, please contact us.

• RoRo & ConRo
• Cruise
• Tankers & Bulkers
• Container & General Cargo

The Ficaria Seaways is a RoRo vessel with 4,650 lane metres on four decks, serving the route between Gothenburg, Sweden and Immingham, UK. In 2009, it was rebuilt to accommodate more cargo and the first PureSOx pilot system. The vessel has since clocked thousands of hours of ECA-compliant operation.

• Type: RoRo
• Names: Ficaria, Petunia, Magnolia, Primula, Begonia and Freesia Seaways
• Length: 230 m
• Width: 26 m
• Draught: 7.4 m
• DWT: 15,990 t
• Engines: MAN 9L60 (two-stroke, 21 MW)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 4.6 x 10.5 x 8.2 m
• Scrubber type: Single-inlet, hybrid (192,000 kg/h)
• Installation: 2009 – 2014 at Remontowa, Poland

The Plyca was the second vessel to install PureSOx. Its scrubber installation is the largest in the world, serving two main and two auxiliary engines with a total of 28 MW. After extensive testing of the scrubber, Spliethoff placed an order to equip five sister vessels with a similar system before 1 January 2015.

• Type: ConRo
• Names: Plyca, Timca, Genca, Kraftca, Trica, Pulpca
• Length: 205 m
• Width: 25.5 m
• Draught: 7.2 m
• DWT: 17,700 t
• Engines: 2 x Wärtsilä 12V46 (four-stroke, 12.6 MW each), 2 x Wärtsilä 8L20 (1.25 MW each)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 4.2 x 10.3 x 8.5 m
• Scrubber type: Multiple-inlet, hybrid (132,000 kg/h)
• Installation: 2012 (sister vessels 2014)

Finnish-flagged RoRo vessel MS Finnmerchant owned by Finnlines operates between Hanke and Rostock on the Baltic Sea. PureSOx was deemed the best solution for the vessel to meet ECA requirements. The MS Finnmerchant was the 10th vessel in the Grimaldi Group to be equipped with PureSOx.

• Type: RoRo
• Length: 123 m
• Width: 26 m
• Draught: 5.7 m
• DWT: 13,274 t
• Engines: 2x MAK 4-stroke 9M43 (8.1 MW)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 3.5 x 10.7 x 6.6 m
• Scrubber type: Multiple-inlet, open-loop (118,700 kg/h)
• Installation: 2015

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding built the five largest ConRo vessels in the world for Atlantic Container Line. They were to be bigger, faster, greener and more efficient than their predecessors. Scrubber technology fit neatly with this ambition, and PureSOx is installed on all five vessels.

• Type: ConRo
• Names: Atlantic Star, Atlantic Sail, Atlantic Sea, Atlantic Sky, Atlantic Sun
• Length: 296 m
• Width: 32 m
• Draught: 10.25 m
• DWT: 57,304 t
• Engines: Wärtsilä 2-stroke 8RT-flex68-D
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 3.9 x 11.5 x 7.0 m
• Scrubber type: Single-inlet, hybrid (151,000 kg/hr)
• Installation: 2015 at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding

The Finnmill and Finnpulp RoRo vessels operate in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The vessels have been fitted with multiple-inlet, open-loop PureSOx systems sized for operation in low-alkalinity Baltic waters. The design allows later conversion into hybrid systems.

• Type: RoRo
• Names: Finnmill, Finnpulp
• Length: 186 m
• Width: 26 m
• Draught: 6.4 m
• DWT: 11,200 t
• Engines: 2 x MAN 9L48 (9.45 MW each)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 4.2 x 10.3 x 7.5 m
• Scrubber type: Multiple-inlet, open-loop (135,000 kg/h)
• Installation: 2014 at BLRT, Finland

The Optima Seaways is a RoPAX vessel serving the route between Karlshamn, Sweden and Klaipeda, Lithuania. Capable of speeds up to 21.5 knots, it has 328 berths, 2240 lane metres and capacity for 135 cars. The vessel has a PureSOx Hybrid system installed.

• Type: RoPAX
• Length: 186 m
• Width: 25 m
• Draught: 6.5 m
• DWT: 7500 t
• Engines: 2 x MAN L48/60 (9.45 MW each)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 4.4 x 10.6 x 7.5 m
• Scrubber type: Multiple-inlet, hybrid (135,000 kg/h)
• Installation: 2014 at Remontowa, Poland

The Victoria Seaways is a RoPAX vessel with 2,490 lane metres and accommodation for 600 passengers. Capable of speeds up to 23 knots, it was equipped with PureSOx in 2014. This was the first time Alfa Laval provided a PureSOx system to a vessel classed by RINA. Sister ships Regina Seaways and Athena Seaways were equipped with identical PureSOx systems in 2015.

• Type: RoPAX
• Length: 199 m
• Width: 26 m
• Draught: 6.4 m
• DWT: 8400 t
• Engines: 2 x Wärtsilä 12V46C (12 MW each)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 4.7 x 10.9 x 7.8 m
• Scrubber type: Multiple-inlet, hybrid (155,000 kg/h)
• Installation: 2014 and 2015 at Remontowa, Poland

The routes of these three cruise vessels take them into US coastal waters, so the vessels are subject to US Vessel General Permit (VGP) legislation that sets even stricter discharge criteria than the IMO. PureSOx is the perfect solution to meet these criteria.

• Type: Cruise
• Names: Liberty of the Seas, Independence of the Seas, Freedom of the Seas
• Length: 339 m
• Width: 39 m
• Draught: 8.7 m
• DWT: 10,600 t
• Engines: 3x Wärtsilä 4-stroke 12V46 (12.6 MW each)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 4.2 x 11.2 x 7.9 m
• Scrubber type: Multiple-inlet, hybrid (261,360 kg/hr)
• Installation: 2015

In consortium with MAN Diesel & Turbo, Alfa Laval presented a closed-loop PureSOx solution for two 14-deck, 930-passenger luxury vessels built by Fincantieri for Viking Ocean Cruises. The solution places two closed-loop systems on each vessel, each serving two engines totalling around 12 MW. Importantly, the configuration helps preserve the looks of the funnel.

• Type: Cruise
• Names: Viking Star and sisters
• Length: 227.2 m
• Width: 28.8 m
• Draught: 6.3 m
• DWT: 3600 t
• Engines: 2x MAN 12V32/44CR (6.7 MW each), 2 x MAN 9L32/44CR (5 MW each)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 3.2 x 8.6 x 6.0 m
• Scrubber type: 2 x multiple-inlet, closed-loop (81,000 kg/h each)
• Installation: 2014-2015 at Fincantieri

Pella Sietas, the oldest yard in Germany, was contracted by HJH Shipmanagement for the installation of PureSOx systems aboard their self-unloaders Beltnes, Fitnes, Bulknes and Sandnes.

• Type: Bulker
• Names: MS Beltnes, Fitnes, Bulknes, Sandnes
• Length: 176 m
• Width: 26 m
• Draught: 10.8 m
• DWT: 33,174 t
• Engines: MaK 4-stroke 8M43 (7.3 MW)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 2.6 x 8.3 x 5.0 m
• Scrubber type: Single-inlet, hybrid (54,500 kg/hr)
• Installation: 2015 at Pella Sietas

PureSOx systems were installed by Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction aboard two LPG carriers for Belgian owner/operator EXMAR. Because the vessels were newbuilds, the installations placed Alfa Laval's planning, documentation and delivery capabilities in the spotlight.

• Type: LPG carrier
• Names: P101 Knokke, P102 Kontich
• Length: 171 m
• Width: 29 m
• Engines: Doosan MDT 2-stroke 6S50ME-B 9.3 (8.5 MW), 3x AE Doosan MAN B&W 8L23/30H Mk2 (1.4 MW each)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 3.5 x 9.8 x 7.3 m
• Scrubber type: Multiple-inlet, hybrid (64,200 kg/hr)
• Installation: 2015 at Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction, Philippines

Horizon Lines operates within a zone of three nautical miles off the US coast where the tougher-than-IMO Vessel General Permit (VGP) legislation applies. Hybrid operation is essential, so the choice fell on our PureSOx system.

• Type: Container vessel
• Names: Horizon Tacoma, Horizon Kodiak
• Length: 216 m
• Width: 23.8 m
• Draught: 10.1 m
• DWT: 21,291 t
• Engines: Mitsui 2-stroke 7L70MC (16,82 MW), 2x AE Wärtsilä 6R32D (2.105 MW each)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 3.6 x 11.2 x 7.1 m
• Scrubber type: Multiple-inlet, hybrid (171,360 kg/hr)
• Installation: 2015

Containerships VI and VIII, owned by Wegener and chartered by Containerships, sail in low-alkalinity waters. The PureSOx systems for these two vessels are specially designed to provide compliance in such waters. The systems have an open-loop configuration, prepared for later conversion to a hybrid configuration.

• Type: Container vessel
• Names: Containerships VI, Containerships VIII
• Length: 155 m
• Width: 22 m
• Draught: 12.1 m
• DWT: 13,645 t
• Engines: Wärtsilä 4-stroke 7L64 (14.07 MW)
• PureSOx dimensions (D x H x L): 3.0 x 9.2 x 5.7 m
• Scrubber type: Single-inlet, open-loop (77,400 kg/hr)
• Installation: 2015