Ecoslops awarded innovation challenge award

The award was for the Collection, Sorting and Recycling category, relating to the company’s P2R-MDO project for the desulphurisation of marine diesel oil (MDO).

Vincent Favier, CEO of Ecoslops, said: “Innovation is the only way to provide ship owners and port authorities with an effective environmental and technical solution for the sustainable disposal of slops.

He continued: This is the principle that Ecoslops was founded upon, and this prestigious award and financial subsidy demonstrates the viability of our technology, and the significant and positive impact that it can have within shipping as the industry looks to further improve its sustainability credentials.”

The Ecoslops project aims to reduce the amount of sulphur in MDO by upgrading ship-generated slops to under 0.1% in accordance with MARPOL Annex VI.

These regulations stipulate that vessels within Emission Control Areas (ECAs) must burn fuel oil with a sulphur content of less than 0.1%.

As part of the award, Ecoslops has been granted a €200,000 subsidy, aimed at financing a major part of the PR2–MDO project.

The competition is organised by the Innovation 2030 Commission, an initiative launched in 2013 by the President of the French Republic to tackle the major challenges that may face the world in 2030.

Vincent Favier concluded: “The selection of our project for the award and the financial support we have received will enable us to further accelerate the development of our technology. It is a great honour for Ecoslops to have been chosen by this prestigious programme and its panel of experts.”