The first company to develop technology to produce recycled marine fuels from marine oil residues (known as slops), Ecoslops are to conduct a feasibility study for the development of an oil residues processing plant in the Port of Constanta, Romania, on the Black Sea.
Slops is the name for the various hydrocarbon residues produced from maritime activities including from bilge and ballast waters and sludges. Because of their composition they are particularly hard to recycle and are often incinerated. Ecoslops offers port infrastructures, waste collectors and ship owners ways to recycle waste in compliance with regulation.
The Port of Constanta is one of the main petroleum product distribution centres for Central and Eastern Europe. Once operational the new plant could collect maritime transport oil residues from Bulgarian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Russian and Georgian ports.
This expansion follows the successful implementation of industrial production at Ecoslops’ plant in the Port of Sinès, Portugal. Ecoslops also has facilities in the Ivory Coast, and the company say that they are also pursuing discussions with major operators to scope other opportunities in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.
Vincent Favier, CEO of Ecoslops, commented:“The proven operational efficiency of our first industrial plant in the Port of Sinès, which recycles over 98% of slops collected, and the subsequent sale of marine fuel and light bitumen products, validates our business model, and have given us the confidence and springboard to ramp up our expansion projects.”
