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TECH TALK

ABS Report: BWTS Revealed

B B Boll? lter Nordic Prevails s s

A A A A According to Boll? lter, an arbitral award d d r r recently rendered has dismissed

ABS published a report providing insights maintain an inventory of spare parts on a

O O O OceanSaver AS’, Norway, claim for into how industry is progressing with bal- vessel. c c c compensation against Boll? lter Nordic last water management (BWM) systems, A recurring concern expressed by many

A A A A ApS, Denmark. In 2013, OceanSaver based on input provided by owners and op- owners relates to the chemical consum-

A A A A AS initiated an arbitration case in erators with BWM systems on board their ables used for determining residual oxi-

D D D Denmark against Boll? lter Nordic ApS, vessels. dants in the ballast water. Proper storage c c c claiming that Boll? lter Nordic ApS had “It is important to share with all stake- and handling is critical to the operation of d d d delivered defective ? ltration machines holders the outcome of the ABS organized systems employing total residual oxidant w w w w with wire mesh ? lters to OceanSaver workshop on the issues and best practices (TRO).

A A A A AS in 2010/2011.

with ballast water management systems,” Another major takeaway from the work-

The ? ltration machines, developed said ABS Executive Vice President for Glob- shop was the importance and necessity of a a a and manufactured by German Boll & al Marine Dr. Kirsi Tikka. “When we hear maintaining an effective training strategy to

K K K Kirch Filterbau GmbH, were included directly from owners and operators, we are ensure crew members can operate these in i in OceanSaver AS’ BWTS sold by better able to understand the challenges in systems properly and safely. Improved

O O O OceanSaver to ship yards in South Ko- the operation of the systems, and for those training methods and system manuals will r r rea and China. Following installation, systems which are operational, what prac- decrease the number of issues that stem t t t the ? ltration machines did not function n tices are being followed.” from operational errors.

ABS p p p properly, and OceanSaver AS claimed

Survey results from approximately 30 “This comprehensive report, based on t t t that this owed to defects in the ? lters, owners and operators were aggregated to operable’ or considered ‘problematic.’ feedback from our workshop, is an impor- a a a and that Boll? lter Nordic ApS had help identify trends and understand com- The report reveals that some of the ma- tant assessment of the readiness of indus- a a a acted with gross negligence. Boll? l- mon practices while maintaining anonym- jor challenges that shipowners and opera- try when it comes to ballast water compli- te t t ter Nordic ApS, on the other hand, ity. tors face with BWM systems are related to ance,” said ABS Director for Environmental c c c claimed that the ? ltration machines

In analyzing the responses, ABS learned software, hardware and the crew’s ability Performance Thomas Kirk. “It is important h h h had been thoroughly tested and were that 57 percent of the systems installed to operate the systems correctly. System that the practices which are being used f f f fully functional, and that the problems on the vessels were being operated. The operators have had to develop plans to successfully by some vessel owners are e e e encountered were attributable to other r remaining systems were either deemed ‘in- keep up with hardware maintenance and shared with others in the industry.” fa f f factors, including inadequate piping on n b b b board the vessels.

After 4 years the arbitral tribunal d d d decided in favor of Boll? lter Nordic “So when the Optimarin team came on

A A A A ApS. The tribunal dismissed OceanSav v- - -

Optimarin Demos board we thought it might have issues. e e e er A/S’ claim in its entirety, and

In the same week that a report from ABS

Little did we know… the guys pressed the

O O O OceanSaver AS was ordered to pay all revealed problems with almost half of in- ‘start button’ and it came into action im- a a a arbitration costs and Boll? lter Nordic stalled ballast water treatment (BWT) sys- mediately – smooth operation and no

A A A A ApS’ legal costs. tems, Optimarin gave a demonstration of its long-term system reliability on board problems at all. Considering its history we thought this was amazing. It’s great for an

Neptune Subsea’s IMR vessel Larissa (pic- environmentally focused service provider tured below). Optimarin has installed more

E E E Evoqua Revamps than 300 of its systems worldwide, with like Golden Energy Offshore to know that

S S S SeaCURE BWM System we have such compliant, effective and reli- more than 500 units ordered. The 334 cu.

U U U Using the same approved electrochlori- - - able systems available to satisfy all regula- m. capacity system onboard the SX130 Ul- n n n nation technology, Evoqua Water Tech- - - tory and customer requirements.” stein design Larissa was one of the ? rst, in- n n n nologies has remodeled its SeaCURE E E E www.optimarin.com stalled during its construction by Zhejiang b b b ballast water management system to o o

Shipbuilding in 2010. Since that point it p p p provide optimum high ? ow rate per r- - - has only seen 140 hours of operation.

Saudi Aramco Selects CTG fo f f formance from what is now one of the e e

Given its prolonged idle time, Per Ivar Saudi Aramco selected Chelsea Technolo- s s s s smallest electrochlorination system m m

Fagervoll, CEO of Golden Energy Offshore, gies Group (CTG) to provide benchmark

Ecochlor Receives USCG o o o on the market. Introduced during the e e which manages the ship for owner Nep- testing for compliance with ballast water

Type Approval

N N N Nor-Shipping 2017 exhibition and con- - -

Ecochlor’s patented BWTS has received tune, thought Optimarin may have had standards. This follows Saudi Aramco’s fe f f ference, the next generation SeaCURE E E E work to do when it visited Larissa during a announcement that all ships calling at

USCG Type Approval. The Ecochlor BWTS S S S S System is a skid-mounted, plug-and- - - recent stop in Stavanger. This wasn’t the its ports and terminals will be required to uses a two-step process that includes ? l- p p p play ballast water treatment system m m case provide ballast water samples, in order to tration and treatment with chlorine dioxide t t t that is 76% smaller and 85% lighter r r “We took over full technical and commer- demonstrate compliance with the Interna- (ClO2). It is designed to be effective on all t t t than earlier generations of the system. .

cial management of Larissa and sister ves- tional Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Bal- aquatic invasive species regardless of wa- S S S S Speaking at the introduction, Mat tt t t sel Despina in late 2016,” he notes. “Since last Water Management Convention (BWM ter turbidity, salinity or temperature. G G G Granitto, business manager for Evo o- - - delivery Larissa has been working consis- Convention). TG’s FastBallast portable bal-

The Ecochlor System provides shipown- q q q qua’s ballast water business, said, , tently for super majors in the North Sea last water analyzer has been chosen by ers with several unique features. One of “ “ “Without reducing the high ? ow rate ca a- - - and West Coast of Africa. However we, and Saudi Aramco and will be deployed as a these is low power consumption, perhaps p p p pacity of the existing SeaCURE system, , the previous ship managers, haven’t really benchmark testing device to conduct spot the lowest in the industry. Typical power re- w w w w we have dramatically reduced the num- - - needed to run the BWT system. checks on indicative sampling undertaken quirements for the Ecochlor System treat- b b b ber of components to create a modular r r by third-party sampling companies. Fast- ing a total ? ow rate of 8,000 m3/hr is 12 s s s s system mounted on a 2m x 1.5m, easy y y y

Ballast was selected following a detailed kWh, with maximum requirements reach- to t t to install skid. It is one the of smallest t t technical review conducted by Saudi Ar- ing only as high as 35 kWh. Another im- b b b ballast water management solutions s s s amco’s in-house marine biology experts. portant feature of the Ecochlor System is a a a a available capable of treating ? ow rates s s s

Saudi Aramco ports and terminals are a small footprint, which makes it space ef? - o o o of up to 6,000m3/h. I don’t think any y- - - high receiver of ballast water from ships, cient, even for larger capacity systems. The o o o one can treat the ? ow rates we can in n n with over 180 million tons of ballast water

BWTS offers a modular approach providing h th t t t t e space we can.” discharged during cargo ops every year.

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