Scrubber Retrofit Project with TMS Group

Panasia signed a contract with TMS GROUP in 2018 to supply scrubbers for 101 vessels. And now Panasia performed successfully all delivery. Two years have passed since the first contract. On 13^rd Oct, 2020, Panasia held a ceremony to celebrate it. However, due to COVID-19 pandemic, TMS Group officials were unable to attend. In that sense, let's look back on the past the Scrubber Retrofit Project with TMS Group.

l 06/06/2018 ~ 06/10/2018

Posidonia 2018, which was really busy because of a lot of meetings and crowded visitors! Among them, the daily meeting with TMS Group is remembered as a meaningful time for Panasia staffs.  

  
▲ Panasia Booth at the POSIDONIA Exhibition 2018 

The picture below shows the moment of a discussion about scrubber contracts with Mr. Evangelos Sfakiotakis who is a Technical Manger from TMS Group. As you can see in the picture, the discussion proceeded in a pleasant atmosphere.

  

l 07/05/2018

 

As a result of the Posidonia, Panasia made a contract with the TMS Group (TMS Tanker, TMS Bulker, TMS Dry). This contract is a $72 million for 53 vessels.



▲ Panasia has signed a contract, which is about 75 billion won contract with TMS Group, Greece's second-largest shipping company.  

 

Since the signing of the contract, TMS Group placed a high value on panaia’s product in terms of abilities and immediate services. This also led to the signing of additional contracts for 48 ships. The total size of the project has been expanded to 101 vessels, $130 million.

 

l 09/17/2018 ~ 09/18/2018

TMS Group officials visited Panasia’s headquarter look around the site for scrubber production. Panasia provides BWMS and scrubber solutions based on IMO standards. Panasia has various achievements in addition to the Retrofit project, which has designed, installed and supervised by itself based on its outstanding technology. Panasia introduced these strong points to TMS officials.

 

▲ Joseph(Young-chu) Ohg, head of Panasia's European subsidiary, present the successful retrofit project.  

Through on-site inspection, TMS officials were able to check by looking and touching the products waiting for shipment in the production plant. The TMS project managers recognized Panasia's technical skills. They were also satisfied with the production infrastructure such as smart factory systems that enabled faster delivery.

 

  
▲ TMS Group officials took a tour around the production facilities at Panasia’s headquarter and listening to explanations about scrubber and BWTS manufacturing processes. 

l 07/17/2018 ~ 11/29/2019

 

▲This photo shows a meeting with each officials for successfully carry out the project about the entire TMS Retrofit fleet.

Key members from Panasia's Retrofit Team, Engineering Team, and PM have been dispatched to Greece to carry out the work. After that, we worked with Hydrus, STX, and FESDEC on the Engineering Project for the entire TMS Retrofit vessels. Panasia's know-how and communication skills, which have been accumulated through prominent Retrofit references, have also stood out in the TMS project.

l 12/2018

  

The first vessel of the 101 vessels is the Burri of Tanker Bulker. For Burri, Panasia supplied Open Loop, 13MW class and U-type of Scrubber. Retrofit was conducted by COSCO Nantong Shipyard.

 

▲ a scrubber mounted on the Burri(existing vessels) through a crane.

The Burri, which has installed Panasia’s scrubber, shows perfect performance in the commissioning test, was sailing. As a result, performance of the BURRI satisfied the IMO2020 emission regulations.

 

▲ This is the image of Burri, which has installed a Panasia’s scrubber called PaSOx.

l 03/03/2019

An event has been held to celebrate the successful delivery of first project. TMS and Panasia employees gathered on board the Burri to express their gratitude and to encourage each other for their hard work.

   

▲ Panasia employees and TMS crew are celebrating the successful completion of the BURRI, the first existing vessels retrofit project.

 

l 07/17/2020

Panasia completed the scrubber delivery for 101 vessels by 17^thJuly, 2020, starting with the BURRI on 17^thDecember , 2018. On 12^ndSeptember, 2020, we completed the retrofit project on 53 vessels with the last WOOLLOOMOOLOO. In addition, 28 of the 48 TMS Tankers have been tested, One(SAGA line) of the remaining 20 vessels is under construction in Damen.

* Status of Shipyard Completed Retrofit Construction on TMS Dry and TMS Bulker     (Unit : Number of vessels)

* Status of Shipyard Completed Retrofit Construction on TMS Tanker (as of 7^th October, 2020)    (Unit : Number of vessels)

Despite the fact that COVID-19 spread in the course of project, Panasia provided service, which is comparable with before COVID-19.

●   Supervision using local network

It was hard to work freely because of COVID-19. However, Panasia has engineers residing in Chinese, Japanese and European subsidiaries. Therefore, we were able to respond more promptly and accurately.

●   On-line Commissioning 

Countries that had difficulty utilizing local networks carried out online commissioning. Panasia engineers with a lot of experiences are also proficient in troubleshooting.

●   Commissioning in Korea

For ship owners who prefer to be supervised directly on site, we brought their ships to Korea and conducted commissioning.

As such, Panasia has done its best in various ways to meet the deadline.

l 10/12/2020 

 

Lastly, Panasia commissioned WOOLLOOMOOLLOO out of 53 vessels of TMS Dry. So an event was held to celebrate the safe and perfect commissioning. Panasia was unable to invite project officials because of Covid-19. Panasia was sorry to meet officials remotely online at the event. But Panasia looks forward to the day when we can meet freely. A plaque of appreciation and souvenirs have been delivered separately.

 

▲ On 12 Oct, Panasia held a ceremony to mark the completion of 53 scrubbers at 2nd plant.

Panasia is truly grateful to Mr. Demetrios Koukoulas, director of the TMS project, and Mr. Nikolaos Petritzis, Mr. George Laou, Mr. Paris Keramidas, Mr. Eleftherius Nikitas(Project Director).

Panasia will continue communicating for safety and customer satisfaction until the end of the remaining 20 commissioning. Panasia also promises to make every effort to ensure that its use is not disrupted in a swift response.