POSIDONIA is one of the most important marine events within the shipping market, and we have high expectations for this years’ event.
Firstly, we are attending the exhibition as an independent exhibitor and full-scale booth with all DESMI products and services.
With the establishment of our DESMI Representative office in
2018 headed by Mr. Konstantinos Karabinis, we have experienced a warm welcome by the Greek shipping community and related business, and with local growing and a dedicated local team of highly motivated employees we have been very successful and the footprint of our products and services are growing day-by-day.
After sales and service has during the past year been high on the agenda and with the establishment of our affiliated DESMI DeServe company we now have service stations strategically organized around the world, ready to support our customers. Especially for the Mediterranean Sea we established in the beginning of February 2022 a service hub with a local service engineer in our Greek representative office, especially but not limited to our Ballast Water Treatment Systems and a growing interest of our energy efficient automation system called OptiSaveTM, to support the demand for immediate and local services.
DESMI has a long tradition for participating in various groups and organizations for supporting the shipping industry with a greener profile and reducing the carbon footprint. Among others we have been a member of Green Ship of the Future with a number of case studies for reducing the total power consumption as much as possible through innovative technologies and great utility of the energy demand for operating the fleet without any compromises on safety and reliability of the crew, owners and environments.
Currently, we are performing several feasibility studies and installations of our fully automated OptiSaveTM system for optimized
performances of main sea and freshwater cooling system and Engine room ventilation fan system. The savings have proven to be significant in regards to saved fuels. However, indeed more import- ant, the reduced emissions as a result of a more efficient operation is of a great value for the specific vessel, and the EEXI index recently being mandatory introduced for the operating fleet. A white paper of the OptiSaveTM system is uploaded on our homepage for free downloading.
Another and equally important area where DESMI are contributing, is to improve the new building designs. Currently, we are a part of an international working group headed by Danish Standard and the aim is to create a new ISO standard covering a greater holistic view of the equipment and system installation in the engine room for superior integration and reducing of the total carbon footprint. As a leading manufacturer and with an extensive experience we consider these projects as our commitment to the maritime market and a sustainable shipping industry.
Being the leading company supplying pumps and associated systems to most of the scrubber manufacturers we are very dedicated to the development of pumps and pumping systems for achieving marine decarbonation with carbon capture technologies. New mate- rial combinations will be tested during the coming period to ensure the right products and a safe and reliable operation of the technologies for capturing the carbon onboard the operating fleet.
Entering the Cargo market with Cargo Pumps for LPG carriers are being introduced with a pump model with an innovative design. The models are developed in close cooperation with owners and highly acknowledged service providers for creating the best of the best de- sign for superior and safe operation for the crew. It is our intention to develop the system further for covering the market for LNG and fuel systems.
By Segment Director Marine & Offshore, John K. Pedersen, DESMI