Tag: GREEN4SEA

  ERMA FIRST was between the lead sponsors and exhibitors of the 2015 GREEN4SEA Forum which successfully concluded on Wednesday 22nd  of April 2015 in Eugenides Foundation Athens attracting 950 delegates from 25 countries representing a total of 450 organizations. ERMA FIRST’s International Sales Manager, Mr. Leif Erik Caspersen, analysed during his presentation the ten myths about the Ballast Water Treatment. The presenter during his short but comprehensive presentation shared ERMA FIRST’s opinion/knowledge on these myths. He highlighted that it is never too late to do anything about the environment with all the ballast water being carried around the world. The company’s latest great achievement is the ERMA FIRST BWTS FIT, a ballast water treatment system suitable in fresh water operations. The system has received type approval from the Greek Administration for operation at fresh water conditions (0.9 psu), class approval from Lloyd’s Register and AMS from USCG. ERMA FIRST FIT is amongst the very few systems in AMS list, which has been approved for fresh water operations. You may read the analysis on the ten myths about Ballast Water Treatment by clicking hereIn the beginning, I was outspoken with you propecia before and after has changed my life. It has become much more ...

  Leif Eric Caspersen, International Sales Director, ERMA First presentation during the 2015 GREEN4SEA Forum Our experience and knowledge on the ten myths about Ballast Water Treatment are as follows: Ship owners organizations will force IMO to postpone the ratification of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM). This myth was debunked, as it was clarified that this is not going to happen. «With all the ballast water being carried around the world, it is too late to protect the environment». This was the second myth that Erma First’s International Sales Manager debunked, stressing out that every nine weeks invasive species introduce successfully in the marine environment causing even greater damage than an oil spill, situation that is not going to change unless we apply efficient measures. Port Authorities will not fine ship owners that will miss the deadlines for Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) installment. It was refuted that port authorities will not impose fines, as there are no indications that this is a potential scenario when relevant regulation comes into force. There will be not enough suppliers of Ballast Water Treatment Systems. It was clearly noted, more than 50 makers of Ballast Water ...

  The 2015 GREEN4SEA Forum, a PRO BONO event, successfully concluded on Wednesday 22nd  of April 2015 in Eugenides Foundation Athens attracting 950 delegates from 25 countries representing a total of 450 organizations.  A unique panel of 25 global experts debated on sustainability and energy efficiency in the industry, fuel options for compliance with new Regulations and updates on Ballast Water Management. Positive feedback on the presentations together with roundtable discussions proved the programme and speakers gave a great insight into green shipping issues. The event organized by SQE4SEA and sponsored by Bureau Veritas, ERMA FIRST ESK Engineering, Lloyd’s Register, Schneider Electric and SKAI in the media for the event coverage. Other sponsors include:  ABS, American P&I Club, Chart Industries, DNV GL Maritime, Dorian LPG, Drew Marine, Du Pont/BELCO, ECOSPRAY Technologies, Kyklades Maritime Corporation, Nakashima Propellers, NAPA, Poseidon Med, SKF Marine, SQEACADEMY, SQEMARINE, Transmar Shipping, Trojan Marinex, UK P&I Club, VAF Instruments, Wartsila and Yara Marine Technology.  The event supported by Chios Marine Club, ECOMASYN, ECSA, EENMA, EΛΙΝΤ, Green Award Foundation, HEMEXPO, INTERTANKO, MARTECMA, NAMEPA, QACE, WIMA and WISTA. During his welcome address Apostolos Belokas, Founder and Managing Editor of GREEN4SEA, as the Forum Chairman, outlined the objectives of this ...

GREEN4SEA has announced the successful completion of COMPLIMENTARY MASTERCLASS on latest environmental updates on WED 21 January 2015, in Piraeus Marine Club, Greece.Masterclass attracted more than 355 delegates representing a number of 140 Companies. The Agenda covered the following issues:IntroductionGreen Shipping BackgroundEmissions – NOx issuesEmissions – CO2 issuesEmissions – SOx issuesEPA Vessel General PermitLNG vs Scrubber vs MGOBallast ManagementOWS Case StudyClosing Concluding the Masterclass Mr Apostolos Belokas, Managing Editor of GREEN4SEA, thanked all the participants for their attendance and support and the overall warm reception of the event.Speaker Presentation in PDF and certificate of attendance will be available at no additional cost to Digital Subscribers of GREEN4SEA.  

There are many critical elements in relation to the design, selection and installation of BWTS. The process is a quadric-modal one which starts with the selection and the design study, followed by detailed study and installation. However, we will confront a lot of challenges in the process. What is critical is what lies below the iceberg. Had the Convention been validated tomorrow, we would need to do 40-50 retrofits every day until the end of 2017. Having that number in mind, it seems that we should not over emphasize the selection process. Unfortunately, we don't have feedback from BWTS already installed. We are dealing with a case of public pressure putting the regulations ahead of technology. We can apply advanced selection techniques like fuzzy- logic or multi-criteria decision analysis, or simpler statistical grading of  questions which can be grouped  related to technical, health and safety , financial, operation, installation and maintenance considerations. The one million question is '' are we going to have the time to go through this grading and selection process?'' The installation questions we have is where to place the system, how to integrate it with  the remaining machinery and what to do. We have to forget ...