Torm Helwig arrives

 The tanker Torm Helwig arrived from Saint John, NB today and tied up at Irving Oil's Woodside Terminal.

Ships of the Danish company Torm are easily recognizable for their unique colour scheme. Torm Helvig dates from 2005 when it was built by STX Shipbuilding Co in Jinhae, South Korea and measures 30,180 gt and 46,18 dwt.

The ship presumably sailed from Irving Oil's Amsterdam facility, with refined product, and judging by the ship's draft, delivered most of it to Saint John.

Looking from a different angle, it appears that the ship has been retrofitted with an exhaust gas scrubber system housed on the ship's funnel. Not as bulky as the one on the Irving tankers, it is still far more prominent than a typical funnel. Sister ship Torm Ragnhild (also built by STX in 2005) on a previous visit to Halifax in June 2015 exhibits the original profile.

The scrubber system allows the ship to continue to use heavy fuel while meeting more srtringent emission requirements recently brought into force.

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