Tag: BWTS

  ERMA FIRST announced cooperation agreement with Korea's shipbuilding and offshore engineering expert, DSEC, a subsidiary of DSME. ERMA FIRST has signed an MOU with DSEC  on Monday the 22nd of June for the BWTS retrofit market. This  co-operation will offer to ship owners a turnkey solution for their vessels, combining the vast engineering capabilities of DSEC with an extremely simple, robust and efficient technology ,used by  the ERMA FIRST / ERMA FIRST FIT BWTS. More than 40.000 vessels will have to comply to the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention while more and more owners are in the process of making decision on how to best comply with the US ballast water regulations. Mr Konstantinos Stampedakis , Managing Director of ERMA FIRST stated that “ Following a very successful presence of ERMA FIRST in the Korean Market , we are now expanding our capabilities to offer a first  class service to our customers in Greece and abroad”. Both DSEC and ERMA FIRST wish to promote further the excellent bilateral relations existing between the shipping and shipbuilding communities of both Greece and Korea, in particular in the fields of marine and ship technology and equipment such as BWTS and LNG FGSS. Source ...

  Lloyd’s Register (LR) has been approved as an independent laboratory (IL) and will begin testing of Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS) to meet the United States Coast Guard (USCG) requirements. The USCG regulations for the approval of BWTS came into effect in 2012. The regulations began to require the installation of improved BWTS onboard seagoing vessels from 2014. All vessels that trade in US waters will be required to have an approved BWTS from the first dry-docking after 2016. LR has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ballast Water test facility at DHI Denmark and the electro/technical testing company DELTA. These leading test facilities, supported by LR’s surveyors and statutory experts will conduct testing as part of our collectively recognised IL.  Flans Kemp, LR’s Global Business Development Leader for Type Approval, commented: "For Ballast Water Treatment Systems equipment manufacturers, the challenge is in understanding the differences between the type approval regimes, and ensuring that their equipment has undergone all the necessary testing to obtain approval to meet the relevant regulations. LR can help manufacturers to understand the different regulatory regimes with differing requirements and streamline their testing and approval activities to minimise the time and costs involved ...

  Damen has launched two new ballast water treatment solutions onto the market, Damen LoFlo and Damen BalCon. The new solutions are a response to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ballast Water Management Convention 2004, which is edging ever closer to ratification and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Ballast Water Management regulations already in force. Once the IMO convention passes into legislation, an estimated 60,000 vessels worldwide will require retrofitted treatment systems, Damen said, adding that it is imperative that installation be carried out swiftly and reliably to avoid costly vessel downtime. To meet this goal, Damen has developed standardized systems, using proven technology for a ‘one time right’ approach.  Speaking of the new containerized ballast water treatment system, BalCon, Gert Jan Oude Egberink, Manager of Ballast Water Treatment at Damen, explained, “The unique point about this is that prefabrication and testing can be carried out onshore, before installation. That way, when a vessel comes to the yard for repair or survey, the system will be ready to go. It’s simply a case of ‘plug and play’ – connecting the treatment system and then business as usual, with the absolute minimum of downtime for the vessel.” BalCon covers a range ...

  BIO-UV has started the process of USCG Type Approval for its BIO-SEA B BWTS. Land-based and shipboard tests are currently underway. The original design has been retained, due to its efficient and relevant technology, and some technical improvements have been made.  BIO-SEA is already IMO approved since 2013 and AMS accepted since 2014. The entire USCG certification is performed by the independent Lab DNV and the certified DHI laboratory. Land-based tests are held in Denmark at the DHI test facilities. For the shipboard tests, BIO-UV has equipped a container-ship (TEU capacity 8465) from the third-largest container shipping company worldwide CMA-CGM with a BIO-SEA B 1050 system. The BIO-SEA B BWTS will be USCG type approved for all water qualities (marine, brackish and fresh), at low UV transmittance! BIO-UV has been cooperating closely with the CMA CGM Group for many years, in order to provide modular, reliable, innovative systems, made with high marine quality components, and corresponding to the requirements of the number 1 shipowner in France. The CMA CGM Group has one of the sector’s youngest fleets, boasting many environmentally friendly technologies. It is absolutely necessary to design and operate even more efficient and environmentally friendly vessels. Researching alternative energy ...

  Dalian Shipbuilding Industry China (DSIC), Dalian Ocean Shipping Co. and Lloyd’s Register, having completed a joint industry project to develop a minimum ballast ship VLCC, have continued to develop further detailed designs to provide a series of reduced ballast Suezmax and Aframax tanker designs. Nick Brown, LR's Marine COO with Mr. Yu Fengping, president of DSIC The ‘Clear Advantage’ reduced ballast designs provide substantial performance improvements over conventional tanker designs. The benefits are: reductions in energy consumption during ballast passages; a reduction in ballast water treatment capacity – and the associated time, energy and cost penalties incurred in treating ballast water; and a reduction in the harmful effects of mud or silt. Mud and silt are significant operational realities in China where oil import terminals are located on major rivers. Intake of river water ballast during cargo discharge can result in substantial volumes of mud or silt accumulating after operations leading to as much as 1,000 tonnes becoming ‘stuck’ in a VLCC’s ballast water tanks. The combined impact of the loss of cargo capacity, the economic drain of transporting the mud during laden passages and the eventual cost of removing the muddy slurry as well as the strain on ...

  Global Marine Systems Limited’s vessel Cable Innovator has recently left Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion) after extensive work including the installation of a ballast water treatment system and a 5-year survey. Global Marine Systems has been active on the cable-laying market since the industry’s earliest days and offers its clients 160 years of experience in the sector. Global Marine has worked with Damen previously when its vessel, Wave Sentinel, went through a scope of work at the company’s Brest yard. This time around, Global Marine initially considered sending the Cable Innovator to Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam, however, as this yard was filled to capacity, Dunkirk proved a more convenient option. Damen Area Manager Edwin Ruppert says this is the benefit of having 15 yards, 11 of which are located on the European coastline. “With yards covering the entire European coast, from the English Channel to the Baltic, we are always able to accommodate our clients." Cable Innovator is a multi-role vessel able to serve both energy and telecommunications sectors as well as facilitate scientific research. “The vessel is unique,” said Mr Ruppert. “She is one of the largest cable layers in the world and has a ...

  Fednav Limited, announced an order for 12 ballast water treatment systems to equip its ships currently under construction. This makes Fednav the first shipping company in Canada and the Great Lakes to announce the installation of ballast water treatment systems, well before the regulatory requirement. "Our company is committed to stimulating trade and enhancing Canada’s economy while protecting the Great Lakes against the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species,” said Paul Pathy, President and Co-CEO of Fednav Limited. “After extensive analysis and testing, we are confident that the technology we are choosing is an affordable and effective means to ensure that Canada meets its ballast water requirements. We are proud to be leading the way, along with government and industry partners, in establishing a level playing field for the Canadian, US, and international fleets to operate together in the Great Lakes region.” Developed by JFE Engineering Corporation, Japan, the BallastAce system will be installed on Fednav’s new lakers and will be effective in both fresh and salt water. BallastAce operates through a sophisticated filter and sodium hypochlorite injection mechanism in the ship's ballast system. Fednav chose this solution after years of testing. From the Federal Yukon (copper ions) ...

  Ballast water treatment technology developer Ecochlor Inc. presented a project case study at CMA Shipping 2015 in Stamford. The case study covered the retrofit of Ecochlor’s ballast water treatment system (BWTS) aboard the 2007-built ro/ro car carrier vessel M/V Green Bay following an order from International Shipholding Corporation (ISH) in 2013. ISH ordered Ecochlor systems for seven of its ships, including vehicle carriers and bulk carriers, to be installed between 2014 and 2016. Installation and commissioning aboard U.S.-flagged M/V Green Bay, the first ISH vessel to receive the BWTS (a 500 m3/hr system), was completed in 2014 by a ride on crew while the vessel remained in operation. Ecochlor’s scalable systems are unique in that they are the only BWTS to use chlorine dioxide (CIO2) to treat ballast water, as Ecochlor is the sole patent holder for this technology. Chlorine dioxide, not to be confused with chlorine, has been used for more than 60 years across a wide range of applications, including the treatment of drinking water, vegetables, etc. It is especially useful for ballast water treatment in that it is immediately effective on all organisms and bio-film, it does not form byproducts, and is not affected by organics, ...

  In January 2015, the business unit Mechanical Separation of GEA was awarded the first contract for equipping cruise liners with the UV ballast water treatment system BallastMaster marineX, powered by Trojan Marinex. The contract with a European shipyard comprises equipping two new vessels with one BallastMaster marineX each as well as an option for equipping a third cruise liner. The IMO-certified system with a throughput capacity of 500 m3/h features two-phase operation with mechanical pre-filtration and subsequent disinfection of the ballast water by UV treatment without using and generating chemicals. The scope of delivery also includes ten separators for fuel and lube oil treatment of the type OSE with CFR (Certified Flow Rate) and two ViscoBooster units for optimum fuel conditioning. With the cruise shipping business, GEA developed a new area of operation for UV ballast water treatment systems in September 2014 at the SMM, only three months after the launch of the innovative BallastMaster marine system, powered by Trojan Marinex. “The cruise industry has been booming without interruption for many years with the result of full order books at the shipyards. More than 30 new maritime cruise liners are expected to undock by the end of 2018. This ...