Corodex Marine and Eflochem, companies under the Concorde – Corodex Group (CCG), a leading provider of fire protection, water and waste treatment and environmental services in the region, has launched its latest range of products at a leading maritime market exhibition starting today (October 28).

The Seatrade Middle East Maritime (SMEM) summit and exhibition will run till October 30 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC).

The newest line of the company’s products include span gasses, a cargo hold cleaning equipment set, eco-friendly acid replacement chemicals and EC Prime Lab Photometer and EC Oil Test Kit, which are new sets of on-site testing kits.

The new cargo hold cleaning products and equipment have been designed to effectively clean cargo and remove loose rust scale, loose paint, discolouring and stains which consist of barriers, enviro-cleaners, mini guns, EC real pump and lances of up to 12 meters, according to the company’s senior executives.

Recent environment regulations have also called for the replacement of acids like hydrochloric and sulfuric acids in cleaning marine vehicles and their sections, they said.

To address this demand, Eflochem has created EC-Eco Acids, a new line of products with acid replacement technology, which are 100 per cent biodegradable and equally effective but without the use of hazardous materials. EC-Eco Acids substitutes hazardous chemicals such as EC-Acid, EC-Rust, EC-Sewage and EC-Metals products.

Mahmoud Awad, managing director, CCG, said: “We are very proud of this line of products and we expect that our products will give an additional boost to a better environment locally and globally. We at Eflochem are dedicated on working towards new technology to replace all hazardous chemicals still in use today.

“It’s important to note that these products are equally effective in cleaning as the old technology, and have now become available at a more reasonable price.”

Eflochem also released its new Prime Lab Photometer, an innovative water treatment testing solution that works electronically against old manual methods of testing on board of all type of vessels.

It will test and analyze boiler water, cooling water, sewage and potable water. It will also alert of any changes needed, such as chemicals that need to be added to the system, and simultaneously report to the headquarters - saving time and cost.

The new Eflochem product, which is enclosed in a strong case together with one-year supply of reagents, has been developed as an easy and accurate test that can solve several existing issues for all the concerned departments as they’re able to monitor boiler or main engine water treatment conditions at all times.

Meanwhile, Corodex Marine will be launching a newly developed Oil Test Kit that contains test devices enabling engineers to analyze the most important parameters of lube oil on-site.

The test kit will demonstrate a reliable indication about the performance of the engine oil at any time without a professional lab aside. The kit will check on water-in-oil (test for lubricants and fuels); base number test (BN test for alkalinity reserve in engine oils); viscosity test (comparison of fresh and used oil); spot test (insoluble and impurities); and salt test (nature of water contamination).

“This new and readily available Oil Test Kit in the UAE can fly worldwide within 24 hours as a NON-ADR product. With this additional tool in our product line, we are providing a complete solution to ship owners with mobile testing needs along with our fuel oil additive products,” said Awad.

Corodex Marine and Eflochem have also collaborated with sister company Bristol Gases, a leader in gas refilling in the UAE, to supply high quality range of welding and cutting equipment, industrial gases and specialty gases including span gases.

The span gases supplied by Bristol Gases are suitable for calibration and testing of almost any type of gas detection equipment presently used on board vessels.

“Together, Corodex Marine and Bristol Gases can offer an alternative solution to ship owners to provide the market with an alternative choice of high quality and low cost span gases,” Awad added. - TradeArabia News Service