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Italian Maritime Report ACG Makes Solid Inroads Since it was established in the mid- 19408, Azienda Chimica Genovese (ACG) has grown significantly, and today boasts a broad international mar- ket base with clients, both shipyards and shipowners from all over the world. Ini- tially producing only antifouling units, ACG soon expanded its product range to include the supply of ICCP systems and in the early 1990s adopted its electro chlorination antifouling system to the disinfection of seawater swimming pools both onboard cruise ships and ashore. The Azienda Chimica Genovese (ACG) system is onboard Olympic Cruise Lines' Olympic Voy- ager, which was built at Blohm+Voss Shipyard. ACG has three offices in China, one in Korea and another in Norway. It is assisted in its goal to satisfy all its clients by service engineers and agents located worldwide. Azienda Chimica Genovese offers a high quality and effective product at very competitive prices and for this rea- son it has succeeded in entering the hearts and minds of clients all over the world. Recent contracts in the U.S. include: • Bath Iron Works: Arleigh Burke DDG Destroyers for U.S. Navy, to sup- ply electrochlorination antifouling sys- ACG U.S. Reference List Shipyard Shipowner Ship name ACG system Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 1 Ecolcell R700 Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 2 Ecolcell R700 Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 3 Ecolcell R700 Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 4 Ecolcell R700 Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 5 Ecolcell R700 Bath Iron Works US Navy DDG 51 - Ship 6 Ecolcell R700 Newport News Exxon/Mobil American Progress Ecolcell R1500 Lloyd Werft Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Sky Ecolcell R2000 Lloyd Werft Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Sky II Ecolcell R2000 Kvaerner Masa Carnival Corp 503 (Carnival Miracle) Ecolcell R6000,R3500,R3500 Kvaerner Masa Carnival Corp 504 Ecolcell R6000,R3500.R3500 Kvaerner Masa Carnival Corp 505 Ecolcell R6000,R3500.R3500 Fincantieri Sestri Minoan Lines Knossos Palace Ecolcell R3000 Fincantieri Sestri Minoan Lines Olympia Palace Ecolcell R3000 Fincantieri Sestri Minoan Lines Festos Palace Ecolcell R3000 Apuanio Renaissance Cruises Renaissance VI (White Goddess) Ecolcell R700 Apuania Renaissance Cruises Renaissance VII (Godess Nayna) Ecolcell R700 Apuonia Renaissonce Cruises Renaissance VIII Ecolcell R700 Apuania Renaissance Cruises Sun Viva Ecolcell R600 Brodogradiliste Wallem Shipmanagement Marble Ecolcell R1300 Brodosplit Wallem Shipmanagement Front Comor Ecolcell R1300 Brodogradiliste Wallem Shipmanagement Front Sunda Ecolcell R1300 Brodogradiliste Wallem Shipmanagement Granite Ecolcell R1300 Hyundai Mipo Gypsum Transportation 9927 Ecolcell R1000 Trogir Laurin Maritime 302 Ecolcell R1000 Trogir Laurin Maritime 303 Ecolcell R1000 Trogir Laurin Maritime 304 Ecolcell R1000 Trogir Laurin Maritime 305 Ecolcell R1000 Newport News Hvide Marine Diamond Shoals Ecolcell R1500 Newport News Hvide Marine Cape Lookout Shoals Ecolcell R1500 Newport News Eletson Corporation Agathonissos Ecolcell R1500 Alabama Shipyard Dannebrog Rederi A/S Amalienborg Ecolcell R700 Alabama Shipyard Dannebrog Rederi A/S Aggersborg Ecolcell R700 Hyundai Mipo OMI Corp 9 Ecokell R1500 & Marimpress 250A Hyundai Mipo OMI Corp 10 Ecolcell R1500 & Marimpress 250A Halter Marine NOAA Research Fishing Vessel l-PO-013 Marimpress 50A Avondale Shipyard Polar Tankers Endeavour Ecolcell R2000 Avondale Shipyard Polar Tankers Discovery Ecolcell R2000 Avondale Shipyard Polar Tankers Resolution Ecolcell R2000 tem type R700. This system is capable of producing 228g chlorine per hour. • Carnival Cruise Line: New ships being built at Fincantieri Monfalcone will include ACG's electrochlorination antifouling system for the protection of seachests and seawater pipelines from the growth of marine fouling. Each ship will install two type R4000 units for pro- tection. These ships will also use three ACG electrochlorination system of type R800 for the disinfection of seawater swim- ming pools aboard these new construc- tions. Circle 15 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com Passenger ships, ferries and cruise liners are connecting ports, coasts and continents by timetables which are accurate right down to the last minute. Worldwide Service Under such circumstances the reliability of the propulsion plant takes on particular importance. MAN B&W four-stroke Diesel engines have been proving their reliability either as straightforward Diesel propulsion or Diesel-elec- tric propulsion plant on board famous cruise liners and ferries. MAN B&W's modern IS (Invisible Smoke) engines use fuel-water emulsification in order to operate with invisible smoke and clean exhaust at any load - with NOx emissions far below the IMO limit, July, 2002 MAN BAW Diesel Stadtbachstr. 1, 86224 Augsburg, Germany, www,manbw.de Tel, +49 821 3220, Fax +49 821 322 3382, e-mail: marineenglns8@manbw.de MAN UW Diesel Inc.,17 State Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004, Tel, (212) 269-0980, Fax (212) 363 2469, e-mail: IglngellOmanbwus.com Circle 229 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com 35
