Chevron Shipping chooses OceanSaver BWT system

OceanSaver’s Mark II BWT system is a comprehensive solution for global lightering operations in diverse water quality and salinity conditions. The system uses the onboard generation of oxidants to disinfect filtered ballast water. The technology provides a mixture of oxidants, which when injected into the ballast water, are able to remove unwanted organisms.

Tor Atle Eiken, senior vice president sales and marketing, OceanSaver, said: “The system offers high quality manufacturing, and materials that meet the heavy-duty operational demands of lightering operations. Due to these operations the system will get extensive use. A BWT system in shuttle or lightering tanker can be operated more in two years than a VLCC BWT system would be over the life of the vessel. Highly efficient water transfer during operationally critical ballast applications cannot be compromised.”

The disinfectant process requires a small amount of oxidants compared to most conventional electrolysis or oxidising disinfectants. With OceanSaver’s system, residual oxidant (TRO) is also reduced within hours and neutralisation during re-ballasting is rarely required.

OceanSaver currently has 52 BWT systems on order and seven in operation worldwide.