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www.marinelink.com 29put across the entire spectrum of the germicidal curve and have an expect-ed service life of up to 8,000 hours.The Hyde Guardian Ballast Wa- ter Treatment Systems have IMO Type Approval for capacity from 60 to 6,000 cu. m./hr., and a Type Ap- proval Certificate has been issued by Lloyd?s Register on behalf of the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency to confirm compliance with Guide-lines contained in IMO resolution MEPC.174(58). Other certifications include ABS, Dutch Flag State, Rus- sian Maritime Registry of Shipping, DNV (Hazardous Area Certification) and DNV EC-Type Examination Cer- tification.RWO: CleanBallast As one of the first ballast water treatment systems, RWO?s CleanBal- last has received the AMS approval. ?The AMS is a very important certifi- cate for us,? said Martyn Ayris, MD, RWO. ?Being chosen by USCG as one of the first companies to receive it again confirms the technical re-finement of our CleanBallast system and demonstrates that our two-stage treatment concept with its advanced process steps is a mature technology - providing the necessary reliability to make owners and their fleets ready for future challenges.?The AMS approval is just the lat- est success in a series of achieve-ments RWO accomplished in the past months. In the course of 2012 many owners demonstrated confidence in the CleanBallast technology and se-lected the system for newbuilds, as well as for retrofits. In September the Bremen-based manufacturer also received Product Design Assessment (PDA) Certificate from Germanischer Lloyd for its ballast water treatment system. To date the CleanBallast tech- nology has already been selected by customers from Belgium, China, Can-ada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands for a variety of vessels including container, bulker, heavy lift, RoCon, multi-purpose and tank-ers.Seaspan caused a stir when it show-cased its revolutionary SAVER (Seas- pan Action on Vessel Energy Reduc- tion) design of 10,000 TEU container vessels. Pursuing the aim of top-effi- ciency ship operation and improved operational performances, Seaspan has decided to equip its Saver class vessels with RWO?s ballast water RWO: CleanBallast MR #5 (26-33).indd 29MR #5 (26-33).indd 295/2/2013 9:26:32 AM5/2/2013 9:26:32 AM