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Making Your List &

Checking it Twice

BWMS Evaluation Services

Target Ship Owners

Possibly the most important thing ship owners need to know about ballast water management systems (BWMS) is that they will need to invest a lot of time and detailed upfront prep work before selecting the right technology or supplier for each vessel. There are a lot of factors to consider, things to measure, products to pre-fabricate, design approvals to obtain, etc.

Standing by to help with free checklists and for-fee services are classi? cation societies like the American

Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Lloyd’s Register Group

Limited, owner associations such as BIMCO, and ship- yards such as Damen, which has put together a “one- stop shopping” program that will take owners from start to end of the decision process, handling a lot of the work along the way, such as pre-engineering, obtaining 3-D laser scans and getting classi? cation sign offs. In the case of Damen, one of its goals is to make sure ret- ro? ts can be done during the usual time period – about two weeks – a ship is in dry dock for survey renewal.

Many of these programs include a database of avail- able technologies and product comparison tools. Typi- cal services include an operational and performance team that will look at vessel characteristics such as

Solutions for design, shipping routes, regulatory requirements, ex- isting space and ship systems, lifecycle costs, etc. The

Hybrid Tug program usually offer selection tools, and explain regu- latory requirements.

Propulsion System

Some examples of what ship owners will need to consider from the recently updated ABS guidance for ballast water management and its BWMS Selection

Service.

There are a number of factors to look at before select- ing and installing a treatment system, including but not limited to: Capital cost (CAPEX) and operating cost (OPEX) Ship operating pro? le and associated ballast activities Ballast water pump size/rate and ballast

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