Hyde Marine to provide BWT test service
Hyde Marine announced it will begin using a new ballast water test system, B-box, recently made available from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) to help ballast water treatment (BWT) technology companies conduct accurate analysis regarding the concentrations of chemicals or organisms present in ballast water. The B-box testing service was designed by NIOZ to help BWT companies and shipowners test BWT system operation and the physical and chemical variables that may be present in the ships' ballast water. NIOZ extensively tested the B-box system with Hyde Marine over the past two years to determine its efficacy for maritime use, and to further test the real-world performance of the Hyde GUARDIAN Gold BWT system, which uses efficient filtration and ultraviolet disinfection to treat ships' ballast water to prevent the spread of invasive species from port to port. B-box is a "ballast water sampling box," which contains sample bottles that can be filled with treated ballast water, mixed with provided test chemicals, and sent to NIOZ for validation. NIOZ professionals will perform a number of tests on physical-chemical variables and concentrations of organisms as requested by Hyde Marine and provide analysis regarding what chemicals and organisms are present in the ...
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