Ballast Water Management – Page 6

  • Individual PureBallast 3 systems will handle ballast flows of 300, 500, 750, 1000 (pictured) or 1,500 m3/h, and the systems will have IMO revised G8 approval or U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) type approval.
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    Bringing UV to the high ballast dependent market

    2019-12-19T06:17:00Z

    Alfa Laval is targeting the high ballast dependent bulker market with its new PureBallast 3 bulker-fit launch.

  • Damen InvaSave at the Port of Hamburg
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    Mobile BWTS deployed to Port of Hamburg

    2019-11-29T12:36:00Z

    A Hamburg-based waste oil and water service supplier is offering a mobile ballast water treatment system service to customers at the Port of Hamburg. The service, which features a Damen InvaSave 300 system, is equally suitable for inbound and outbound vessels. It is being offered to ship operators needing to ...

  • Bawat managing director, Marcus Hummer Photo: Bawat
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    Pasteurising BWMS given IMO approval

    2019-11-04T11:33:00Z

    Danish ballast water treatment system manufacturer, Bawat, has been granted IMO Type Approval for its technology that uses only a ship’s own waste heat to kill off invasive species.

  • COSCO Shipbuilding received USCG type approval for its Blue Ocean Shield BWMS system (pictured) in September 2019.
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    COSCO BWMS system gains USCG type approval

    2019-10-02T11:23:00Z

    The US Coastguard awarded type approval to Beijing-based COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Co. for its Blue Ocean Shield (BOS) ballast water management system (BWMS) on 7 September.

  • Techcross has acquired LG Hitachi Water Solutions and HiEntech Photo: Techcross
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    Techcross environmental enterprise ambitions

    2019-09-25T12:08:00Z

    In a bid to expand its ballast water treatment systems to land-based operation, Korean-based Techcross has acquired former LG Electronics'' subsidiaries, LG Hitachi Water Solutions and HiEntech.

  • Jae-Geun Kwon, representative director, PanStar TechSolution (l) and Woo Ho Yoo, general manager, services, Wärtsilä Korea Photo: Wärtsilä
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    Wärtsilä BWMS in first Korean retrofit

    2019-09-13T12:24:00Z

    Technology group Wärtsilä will supply its Aquarius UV ballast water management system (BWMS) for four bunkering ocean tanker vessels operated by Doorae Shipping, the first ever BWMS retrofit contract signed by Wärtsilä in Korea.

  • Damen's mobile BWTS meets new IMO regulations Photo: Damen Green Solutions
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    Damen's mobile BWTS meets new IMO rules

    2019-09-09T14:17:00Z

    Damen Green Solutions'' mobile ballast water treatment system has demonstrated its capability to help ships meet the International Maritime Organisation''s D2 standard which came into force on 8 September.

  • SKF’s Bluesonic BWMS Photo: SKF
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    Hapag-Lloyd puts SKF BWMS to the test

    2019-09-05T12:21:00Z

    In a bid to achieve approval from both the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the US Coast Guard (USCG), Hapag-Lloyd is testing an SKF ballast water management system (BWMS) on board a container vessel.

  • Island Offshore
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    Offshore development driving Optimarin growth

    2019-09-03T15:13:00Z

    The recovery of the offshore shipping segment is playing a key role in driving the revenues of ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin.

  • Enterprises Shipping & Trading S.A.'s fleet sale agreement with EnviroCleanse in January 2019 covered the retrofit of 46,500 dwt crude carrier Energy Patriot, pictured.
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    Making a splash in the high ballast market

    2019-08-23T11:45:00Z

    One of the newest ballast water management systems on the market is aiming to make a splash in the high ballast dependent market.

  • Ecochlor has won a contract to fit BWMS to Euronav tankers Photo: Ecochlor
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    Ecochlor wins Euronav BWMS contract

    2019-07-24T13:03:00Z

    US-based Ecochlor has won a contract to supply seven Euronav Suezmax and VLCC tankers with a ballast water management system (BWMS).

  • BIO-UV Group has retrofitted its BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system to a cruise ship Photo: BIO-UV Group
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    Cruise ship focus for BWTS retrofits

    2019-07-24T12:53:00Z

    French UV-based treatment company, BIO-UV Group, has secured a contract to retrofit a BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system (BWTS) to a 28,890 tonne cruise ship.

  • Viktor Friberg, Head of Global Sales, Alfa Laval PureBallast; Peter Sahlén, Head of Alfa Laval PureBallast; Murat Er, Leader of Turkish Shipowners BWT Group; Tayfun Aydemir, Managing Director, Alfa Laval Turkey; Sabri Yazgan, Marine Division Man...
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    Turkish Shipowners Group selects Alfa Laval PureBallast 3

    2019-07-08T14:07:00Z

    Turkish Shipowners Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) Group has signed a fleet agreement, valued at SEK210 million (USD22.2 million), for Alfa Laval to supply PureBallast 3 systems to around 228 vessels on behalf of the group’s members.

  • DESMI's CompactClean BWMS Photo: DESMI
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    DESMI BWMS given USCG approval

    2019-07-08T10:51:00Z

    A ballast water management system (BWMS) manufactured by DESMI Ocean Guard has received amended US Coast Guard (USCG) type approval with just two hours minimum hold time restriction in US waters.

  • The Evac Evolution Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) was designed and is manufactured by Cathelco, which has been part of Evac Group since May 2018.
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    Evac's UV BWMS obtains IMO G8 type approval

    2019-05-14T14:43:00Z

    Evac’s Evac Evolution has become the latest system to be type approved under revised IMO guidelines.

  • All the vessels will be retrofitted with a CompactClean-750 (pictured) installed in a container on the deck of the vessel.
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    DESMI signs BWMS frame agreement with French tanker operator

    2019-05-07T16:36:00Z

    Desmi Ocean Guard, the ballast water management system (BWMS) supplier, has signed a frame agreements with Sea Trade, a France-based tanker operator, for the installation of the CompactClean solution on its fleet of vessels.

  • The Wärtsilä Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management System. (Credit: Wärtsilä)
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    Wärtsilä obtains USCG Type Approval for Aquarius UV BWMS system

    2019-05-07T15:54:00Z

    The US Coastguard has awarded type approval to technology group Wärtsilä for its Aquarius UV ballast water management system (BWMS). Wärtsilä is the first manufacturer able to offer two USCG Type Approved BWMS technologies.

  • Havyard has acquired full ownership of BWMS producer MMC Green Technology (credit: MMC Green Technology)
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    Havyard acquires full ownership of MMC Green Technology

    2019-04-26T14:12:00Z

    Norwegian ship design company Havyard has recently taken full ownership of ballast water treatment system MMC Green Technology, as part of a deal that has seen it divest its seafood handling division, MMC First Process, writes Samantha Fisk.

  • Alfa Laval PureBallast 3
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    Minimal holding time for PureBallast 3

    2019-04-10T12:12:00Z

    Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 has received an updated type approval from the US Coast Guard (USCG) which makes it possible for vessels to deballast in United States waters with a holding time of just 2.5 hours.

  • Techcross plans to apply for USCG type approval for its indirect electrolysis method, ECS-Hychlor, in June 2019.
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    TECHCROSS TO APPLY FOR USCG TYPE APPROVAL FOR ECS-HYCHLOR

    2019-04-09T12:26:00Z

    Techcross, the Korean manufacturer of ballast water management system (BWMS), has completed testing for US Coast Guard (USCG) type approval of its indirect electrolysis BWMS method, ECS-Hychlor. It plans to apply for type approval in June 2019.