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INNOVATION AROUND THE SAME time, Wallenius Lines
patented a new hydraulic engine and pump for the marine market. To develop the technology, Olof Wallenius formed Rederi AB Soya’s experimental department. The new ROLLEFF hydraulic engine was launched in the late 1960s, but unfortunately Olof Wallenius did not get to experience its success before his death. ROLLEFF was eventually sold to Hägglund & Söner. As the years went on, Wallenius Lines continued to improve the cargo systems for car carriers. In the mid-1970s, when customers began to demand shipping in special and separate car holds, Wallenius Lines responded by building bulk carriers with three separate car garages and four bulk holds. Never a company to follow the pack, Wallenius Marine has tended to act faster than the competition and get ahead of the legislation curve. This has applied especially in recent years as the maritime industry has become subject to everstricter environmental regulations. IN 2002, WALLENIUS Marine installed ballast water treatment equipment on a first vessel for testing, and in 2006 Wallenius Water launched its groundbreaking PureBallast method for cleaning water without the use of chemicals. Meanwhile, in 2004, the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments was adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to control the transfer of potentially invasive species that are often found in ballast water. The regulation came into force in September 2017 – although all Wallenius Marine’s vessels had already been compliant since 2015. Similarly, in 1997, Wallenius Lines switched to tin-free hull paint and, later, introduced silicon-based antifouling paint that contained no substances that were harmful to marine life. By 2000, the entire Wallenius fleet was free from TBT, a toxic component found in antifouling paints. The corresponding IMO Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships was adopted in 2001 and only came into force in 2008. Over the last two decades, Wallenius Marine has consistently remained a step ahead of the competition and the regulators when it comes to marine emissions. In 2004, the company set a world record in low sulphur content in bunker oil for ocean-going services and, between 2005 and 2013, its CO2 emissions were reduced by approximately 21%. LOOKING TO THE future, Wallenius Marine is prepared to take the next huge step on its journey to a zero-emission future with the launch of the avant-garde Oceanbird, confirming once again its position as one of the shipping industry’s greatest pioneers of all time. Oceanbird, launched in 2020. The PureBallast family, launched in 2006. The RoRo vessel m/s ANIARA in 1963. It could fit 240 cars. The PCC m/s DON JUAN in 1975, with a loading capacity of 5,000 cars.