On 22nd of April, PANASIA and Spliethoff Group made a contract for Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) retrofit project.
BWM Convention is still yet to be ratified, but a mountain of ship owners already begun their study on retrofitting BWTS for their fleet in recognition of its importance.
The main reason Spliethoff decided PANASIA’s GloEn-Patrol BWTS is attributed to technical features PANASIA can present.
The technological combination of filtration and ultra violet relieves the ship owner from any concerns on electro chlorine system in which operational burden of sailing in fresh waters (absence of appropriate means to control a mixture of salt and fresh water), and uncertainty on neutralization during de-ballasting cannot be resolved.
In a part of USCG Type Approval, PANASIA gave Spliethoff strong credit because PANASIA has successfully applied FDA/CMFDA biological efficacy testing method USCG solely recommended, and passed 5 consecutive land-based sea water tests with 2 brackish tests at Golden Bear Facility in California, U.S.A.
Relationship between two companies was made when GloEn-Patrol BWTS was chosen for Spliethoff’s ‘M’ class newbuilding vessels at Zheijang OuHua Shipbuilding in China, and it has been strengthened thanks to satisfied global service stations and re-commissioning works.
Existing total retrofit contract of PANASIA, 61 vessels, now jumps up and becomes the world’s largest, boasting no extra cost and extended installation period during retrofit works of 20 vessels. Recent glittering outcome of PANASIA came with retrofit completion of 50K MR Tanker of MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines).
New series of PANASIA service, Training Center, will be introduced at POSIDONIA exhibition in Athens, Greece. The center will play a pivotal role as a regional education complex for crews on GloEn-Patrol BWTS through Training Equipment, 20 feet containerized BWTS. The center will be established in Greece, Estonia, U.A.E., U.S.A., Singapore and S.Korea.
Early in April, at the 2016 GREEN4SEA Conference & Awards, Mr Paul Jinhwa Kim, PANASIA provided an analysis of their ‘’study for higher disinfection efficacy of Ultra Violet technology’’
Source & Image Credit: PANASIA
