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PRODUCTS: BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

MMC

BallastMaster

Alfa Laval

Damen ultraV 500

Convention 2004, which is edging ever

Hapag-Lloyd Relies on GEA Alfa Laval PureBallast

MMC Green: closer to rati? cation and the U.S. Coast

BallastMaster ultraV 500 Suited for Smaller Vessels

Guard (USCG) Ballast Water Manage- 70 Systems Sold in Two Years

Germany’s largest shipping company, Alfa Laval PureBallast is now avail- ment regulations already in force.

Hapag-Lloyd, relies on chemical-free UV A 2,800 passenger Ro-Pax ferry being able to signi? cantly smaller vessels. Alfa

Once the IMO convention passes into ballast water reatment from GEA for ? t- built at Meyer Turku for Tallink, will be Laval’s ballast water treatment technol- legislation, an estimated 60,000 vessels ting its container ? eet. In April 2015, the ? tted with ballast water management ogy, which was submitted for USCG ap-

BallastMaster ultraV 500 was technically system (MMC BWMS) from MMC proval in March 2015, can now be used worldwide will require retro? tted treat- accepted on board Panamax containership Green Technology. ment systems, Damen said, adding that it in systems for ? ows of 87 cu. m./h.

MMC Green Technology, a Norwegian is imperative that installation be carried out

London Express (shipboard acceptance A variety of vessel types, including off- approval). “With a throughput of 500 cu. manufacturer of ballast water treatment shore supply vessels, will bene? t from swiftly and reliably to avoid costly vessel systems, have sold more than 70 systems the extended PureBallast ? ow range. downtime. To meet this goal, Damen has de- m./hr., our DNV-GL-certi? ed system per- forms the required ballast water cleaning since it went commercial with their bal- The lower capacities are enabled by a veloped standardized systems, using proven processes by mechanical pre-? ltration last water management system (MMC new reactor, optimized for system sizes technology for a ‘one time right’ approach.

BWMS) two years ago, with 40 systems BalCon covers a range of capacity re- with subsequent disinfection of the bal- from 170 down to 87 cu. m./hr.. This is a installed.. quirements from 100 up to 750 cu. m./hr. last water using UV-C and ultrasound ap- major expansion of the PureBallast fam- “With 40 systems installed, we are ily, where a 250 cu. m./hr. system was Damen developed the system with ballast plication,” said Tilo Pfützke, GEA Ballast

Water Project Manager. “The 294-m-long starting to get feedback from the op- water treatment equipment from its part- previously the smallest available.

freighter can therefore be used worldwide erators,” said Børge Gjelseth, sales and ner Trojan Marinex and a BioSea version “Lower ? ow rates will make PureBal- marketing director at MMC Green Tech- last accessible to smaller vessels, whose is also in the pipeline. BalCon is designed in accordance with the IMO-D-2 standards and actively contributes to the protection nology. quality and performance needs mirror to use minimal space, with all equipment contained within a single TEU. of the maritime ecosystem.” “So far, our clients say our system is the needs of larger vessels,” said Stephen

This is especially useful when BalCon

Thanks to its ? exible design, bespoke easy to understand and to operate.” And Westerling Greer, Global Business Man- modular integration of the BallastMaster there is more to come. ager for PureBallast. “In some cases, is to be installed on a container vessel, as “Recently we signed 10 orders, where as in the offshore industry, small vessel the system is purpose-built to ? t within ultraV 500 was possible in the existing the cargo hold. BalCon is also suited to ship infrastructure of the London Express, the vessels and clients consists of two needs can be all the more extreme.” which entered operation in 1998 (gross windmill support vessels for Bernhard “Smaller PureBallast systems will be tanker vessels, where the container is installed as a deckhouse. Not only does tonnage 53,523). “One particular challenge Schulte built at Ulstein, two general a full match for their larger counter- cargo/container vessels for Royal At- parts,” he said. “The reactors are built Damen offer BalCon in an optional ex- was connecting to the ship’s software sys- lantic Lines built at Remontowa Ship- plosion proof form for tanker usage, but tem in order to guarantee easy, reliable and with SMO steel for a long and corrosion- building, three live ? sh carriers built at free life, and the power management is there is also an option of a booster pump. ef? cient system operation from the control

Damen LoFlo, powered by BioSea, is room. This was achieved perfectly with Aas Mekaniske; two for Sølvtrans and equally effective. Performance-enhanc- the intelligent IO control from GEA,” said one for Bømlo Brønnbåtservice.” ing Cleaning In Place is there as well, in designed as a solution for vessels requir- ing a lower capacity treatment system.

Lars Voss, Hapag-Lloyd AG Senior Super- A signi? cant part of MMC Green a new compact design to meet custom-

Currently, most offerings commence with intendent and Project Manager. Technology’s order backlog is within ers’ need for space savings.”

With the BallastMaster upgrade, the offshore supply market. “However, a capacity to process 100 cu. m./hr., lead- www.alfalaval.com/pureballast3

Hapag Lloyd – although not yet obliged due to the slow oil and gas market, ing to an unnecessarily high energy con- to do so for the existing container ? eet – few new offshore support vessels are sumption and bigger footprint. LoFlo is

Damen’s New BWTS has now already voluntarily put in place being ordered. It is in our strategy to available with either 30 cu. m. or 60 cu.

Damen launched two new ballast wa- the technical conditions for treatment of enter new markets, which also the list ter treatment solutions onto the market, m. capacity, reducing footprint and energy usage. The system is ? tted, in a compact the ballast water on board the London of new orders clearly indicates,” said Damen LoFlo and Damen BalCon.

Gjelseth. The new solutions are a response to arrangement, to a skid for easy and ef? -

Express in accordance with the require-

E: [email protected] cient installation on board the vessel. It ments of the IMO convention. the International Maritime Organiza- www.mmcgt.no tion (IMO) Ballast Water Management can also be installed as a modular version.

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