Swedish Road Administration News

Cathelco has launched a new system which is specifically designed to protect box coolers against bio-fouling caused by barnacles and mussels. Although Cathelco has protected box coolers in the past, this is the first time it has produced a system using anodes which are completely submerged instead of being inserted through the side of the seachest. In the new design the anode is mounted horizontally beneath the cooling tubes and has cathode plates on either side to create a more even distribution of copper ions over the entire surface area.

The car ferry Venus, which recently entered traffic, is the Swedish Road Administration’s most modern ferry and the first in a series with a distinct environmental profile. low-emission engines equipped with catalytic converters and particle filters. The high efficiency of the engines results in low fuel consumption and good performance. The Road Administration’s ferry unit, with slightly more than 60 ships, is Sweden’s largest shipping company measured in number of vessels. The…