The UK based BACTEST has launched a ballast water testing solution suitable to be used on-board ship that gathers test results on microbial, phytoplankton and chemical contamination reporting on whether treated ballast water is compliant to the IMO-D2, VGP and other standards. This data is automatically input into a secure report called Ballast Log that is suitable for transmission to interested parties such as ballast water treatment systems manufacturers, ship owners and Port State control providing a secure audit trail.
The solution, Speedy Breedy SeaSure is expected to make ship’s ballast water management procedure uch simpler and provide a secure digital solution for ship owners, said Bactest CEO Prof. Annie Brooking.
“Our research into the ballast water testing market told us that ships sending samples to a land based lab for testing was just not feasible. Ship owners and port state control want a one-stop shop to buy a completely integrated solution, which is easy to use, and provides an automated transmittable Ballast log report, that would tell them if they were compliant with various standards so they would not risk being delayed in port. Speedy Breedy SeaSure® ticks all of these boxes”Mrs Brooking commented.
In order to bring Speedy Breedy SeaSure® to market, Bactest has partnered with Chelsea Technologies Group Ltd. to test for Phytoplankton and international water testing company Palintest Ltd. to measure chemical contamination. SpeedyBreedy SeaSure is a one-stop shop to determine if treated ballast water is compliant to IMO D2, VGP and other standards and suitable to go on-board ship, according to company.
Bactest informs that it has also partnered with Hyde Marine whose customers have the option to buy Speedy Breedy SeaSure alongside their Ballast Water treatment system Guardian Gold. Early adopters of this solution also include the Chinese Port State Control in Shandong Province, and Distributors P General also in China and Korean Distributor IBS.
Source: BACTEST
