Tag: BWTS

On December 23rd, the US Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued the second U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to Swedish manufacturer Alfa Laval Tumba AB, and third Certificate to Norwegian manufacturer OceanSaver AS after a detailed review of each manufacturers type approval application determined the system met the requirements of 46 CFR 162.060.

Discussions are currently ongoing with US Authorities to find a way for the USCG to accept the MPN method, and DESMI expects a conclusion on these discussions before the end of 2016. If the discussions end with an acceptance of the MPN method, DESMI expects to receive USCG type approval for the RayClean ballast water treatment system in Q1 2017.

Optimarin has said it has secured a two-system contract with Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS) in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The agreement, which Optimarin said comes ahead of its imminent USCG approval, will see two 500 m³/h capacity Optimarin Ballast Systems (OBS) fitted on a single clean products barge.

OSG will retrofit electrochlorination BWTS supplied by De Nora on four 69,000 DWT chemical and oil product tankers within the first half of 2017.

Damen Green Solutions has signed a letter of intent with Norwegian company TeamTec to supply and service the innovative AVITALISTM ballast water treatment system which combines filtration and a proven, eco-friendly chemical treatment solution optimised for medium-sized to large vessels.

USCG has received another application requesting USCG type-approval for OceanSaver BWMS. The application request was submitted by DNV GL, on behalf of the system manufacturer. This is the third such request received following the recent applications by Optimarin and Alfa Laval

ERMA FIRST and Pritchard-Gordon Tankers (Newcastle UK) have signed contract to kick-start cooperation in the installation of ERMA FIRST BWTS on company’s four existing vessels.

Cathelco have announced that their Evolution ballast water treatment system has begun shipboard testing for U.S. Coast Guard Type Approval. The system has been installed on the Svendborg Strait a 1085 TEU container ship owned by Carsten Rehder of Hamburg.

BCC Research has revealed in its new report that the global shipping industry is scheduled to implement ballast water treatment systems in its entire vessel inventory between 2017 and 2021, which is spurring huge growth in the ballast water treatment market.

Canadian bulk shipowner, Fednav Limited, welcomed to the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor, the Federal Caribou, one of seven new oceangoing lakers equipped with a ballast water treatment system-a first for the Great Lakes.