5 Ships with CAT Engines

Basel, 13. Februar 2019

Reference and field report

In spring 2016 we equipped five of our managed ships – MS River Voyager, MS River Splendor, MS River discovery II, MS River Venture, MS Rlver Navigator – with micfil ultra fine filters.

The filter systems equipped with oil and water sensors were installed on Caterpillar C32, 3508 (main engine type) and Caterpillar C18 engines (generators and bow thrusters) for filtering diesel and engine oil.

From the very beginning we have carried out regular oil analyses (every 250 hours), which all confirmed that the engine oil is now in perfect quality and purity after approx. 6,000 – 10,000 hours and that we therefore normally no longer need to change the oil.

Since then, we have also had less wear, more savings on spare parts and considerable relief of the environment through large savings of engine oils and better combustion of our diesel.

For this reason, we have also decided this year to equip the main propulsion system type Veth VZ 750 – VZ 900 with their filter system on all five ships.

We are extremely satisfied with the installed micfil ultra fine filter systems and can confirm that we save a lot of costs per year per ship.

Yours sincerely

Technical Director of River Advice