HANSA 10-2022

TECH-INNOVATION POWERED BY VDMA - MARINE EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS
AQUAMETRO
Diesel Switch retrofit successfully commissioned for NYK
Fuel switching and blending system »Diesel Switch«
»Lilac Promenade«, LPG Tanker managed by NYK Shipmanagement
© Aquametro
Aquametro Oil & Marine has successfully commissioned its Diesel
Switch change-over system onboard »Lilac Promenade« for NYK
Shipmanagement.
The NYK Line company assigned AOM with the installation of
its Diesel Switch change-over system. »The installation and commissioning
was completed well within two days thanks to the
great cooperation between the crew onboard and AOM’s technical
team, led by John Zhuang«, the partners announced.
The system will be used to switch over from MGO to HFO fuel
and vice versa. As the Diesel Switch fully automatically controls
the change-over and blending process on board the vessel it helps
to increase safety in ship operation and to give charters secured
forecasts on performance.
»Lilac Promenade« is a 3 year old LPG Tanker that is owned
by Smile Shipholding and managed by NYK Shipmanagement.
established in 2001 and headquartered in Singapore. It
has 200+ vessels under technical and crewing management
including car carriers, dry bulker, containers, Tankers and
Gas Carriers. »We would like to thank its good client NYK
Shipmanagement for the exceptionally great collaboration on
this project as well as for the great positive feedback they gave
after the project was completed«, AOM said. »We greatly appreciate
your cooperation and professional approach. Your
continuous prompt support and feedback was very crucial in
successful installation/commissioning of the Diesel switch.
Thanks a lot«, added Vessel Manager Rochit Das. Simultaneously
NYK is using AOM Diesel Switch on their newbuild
LPGC program in Japan. Installation and pre-commissioning
have been done by AOM engineer David Kim. Sea trials are
scheduled for August.
Since 1928, Aquametro Oil & Marine is active as manufacturers
and suppliers of measurement, optimization and monitoring
solutions. The range consists of more than 100 different oil
fuel meters and management systems. The company operates
from its headquarters in Rostock/Germany and Therwil/Switzerland
as well as from Singapore for the Asian market. In addition
there are further subsidiaries in South Korea and China and representation
offices in India and Japan plus a global service network
and numerous sales partners globally.
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