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than 99% of world trade per annum. We taking taking its (at the most) once every service to their dry dock menus. There realizes the solution to this pressing en- see a future where every one of these ? ve year stop will need to empty and are around 428 dry dock facilities world- vironmental problem maybe isn’t that major hubs has shore-side BWT systems clean its ballast water tanks for inspec- wide, so the demand here is substantial. complex after all. Shore-side systems that are either owned and operated by tion. The yard will then have to dispose The BWM Convention took well over a will save money for shipowners, reduce the port or, the more likely scenario, by of the ballast water, which much be com- decade to be rati? ed due to the complex- crew workloads and enhance ef? ciency, established port service providers that pliant with BWM Convention standards. ity of effectively managing and treating deliver complete peace of mind, and pro- already handle tasks such as potable wa- It therefore makes sense for the yards to the world ? eets’ ballast water. However, vide valuable new revenues and oppor- ter supply, bunkering, or dealing with have systems in place to cope with the remove the blinkers that force focus on tunities for ports, shipyards and forward vessel waste. These ? rms will have their task and add another revenue stream/ the need for on-board systems and one thinking service providers.

own mobile solutions that can be moved around on ? atbed trailers or barges to service clients as they arrive in port.

In this way BWT becomes a simple

C. U. W. KELLER GMBH & CO. KG commodity service that is handled by dedicated providers, leaving the ship-

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Germany

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Beyond ports, shipyards will also be able to make use of mobile BWT sys-

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PROPULSION GEARBOX – 10.800 kW

C. u. W. Keller GmbH & Co. KG (KELLER), approx. 300 tons.

> founded in 1901, is now in its fourth For all sectors, we produce unique gearing generation as one of the leading custom components and gearboxes to individual made gear manufacturers in Europe. Over speci?cations. We also maintain, repair the years, KELLER developed itself into a or optimize both our own gear units and

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marine applications with gearboxes designed

BAWAT according to the latest state of Art. In maritime operation KELLER gearboxes

BAWAT’s unique pasteurization demonstrate their high quality on deck and technology is IMO type approved by

Over the last 2 decades KELLER supplied in the engine room. KELLER gear units

DNV GL and Bureau Veritas, with full hundreds of gears and gearboxes for marine guarantee full speed ahead.

USCG approval expected in the ? rst applications. Besides a full program for half of 2019 (all land-based testing has now been successfully completed).

Dredging gearboxes, the KELLER marine

The system is as suitable for on-board program exists also of propeller gearboxes installation as it is for shore-side oper- up to approx. 50,000 kW for general cargo ation and can be delivered as a turnkey vessels, cruise ships, gas carriers, oil tankers, project, with ‘in voyage’ installation offshore vessels , reefers etc., optional to maximize vessel earning potential. On-board systems use waste heat scavenged from the main engine

Keller offers transmission solutions from a to heat the water to its required tem- single source. We design, produce, repair, perature of between 64 and 72 degrees maintain and optimize with a passion and centigrade. Mobile, or contingency, experience we have acquired, in particular, in solutions come with a boiler built into the unit, or with the possibility to plug the individual manufacture of custom-made into localised electricity supplies for special gearboxes. heating. All systems are built with off >Our portfolio includes the design and the shelf components to ensure rapid manufacture of gear wheels with diameters delivery times. BAWAT is headquar- of up to 4,15 m and, based on these, the tered in Copenhagen, Denmark and was established in 2011.

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