ERMA FIRST signs new agreement for BWTS retrofit

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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 ...

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EMSA, Greece participate in joint oil spill response exercise

bySAFETY4SEA Editor

July 1, 2015

On 3 June, EMSA contracted vessels Aktea OSRV and Aegis I participated in the joint at-sea pollution response exercise, TRITON 2015. The exercise scenario addressed the response to a large spill of heavy fuel oil from an oil tanker following collision when berthing at the facilities of Hellenic Petroleum S.A. in the Gulf of Elefsina (Greece). The aim of this joint exercise was to test the Greek national response system and to strengthen operational coordination between the Hellenic Coast Guard, the Hellenic Petroleum S.A. and EMSA. Accordingly, the Greek authorities implemented the National Contingency Plan as well as the procedure for requesting international assistance, namely EMSA, through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. A total of six antipollution vessels were deployed for the at-sea exercise: Aktea OSRV and Aegis I (EMSA), PLS 413 and PLS 420 (Hellenic Coast Guard), and Aktea 4 and Aella (Hellenic Petroleum S.A.). Response operations were supported by four patrol boats and guided by one surveillance helicopter from the Hellenic Coast Guard. It is worth noting that during the execution of the exercise, different response options and techniques (i.e. chemical dispersion and mechanical recovery) were demonstrated. Source and Image Credit: EMSAIn the start, I was open with ...

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