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RoRO vessel Ciudad de Cadiz, LDA’s tegic partner shipyards with whom Ard- done, and is compliance guaranteed with engine. Another key point of differen- sixth BIO-SEA installation which fol- more has existing relationships. EcoCare. EcoCare guarantees that the tiation, as Diederichsen is keen to point lows newbuild installations to the 83m “We have 10 vessels with alternative owner will never fail an invasive species out, “The fact that this is heat that would service operation vessels (SOV) Wind of systems that were installed at newbuild test, a commitment with a ? nance back- otherwise simply be vented to the air

Change and Wind of Servitude. Turkey’s shipyards and have encountered a series ing of up to $1 million. makes our solution, we believe, the most

CEMRE Shipyard is scheduled to de- of operational problems,” said Gerry At the time of our interview in Sep- innovative, green and sustainable system liver Wind of Change next year with the Docherty, Director, Fleet Management, tember, Ecochlor had a backlog of 150 on the market.” sistership following in 2021. Each ship Ardmore. “These issues, which we be- systems and had recently announced 91 In a further development, the company will operate a skid-mounted BIO-SEA lieve are commonplace within the indus- systems ordered from two owners in the has also developed a contingency, or

B01-0150 unit. try, impact heavily on system reliability. bulker and tanker sectors. portside, solution whereby vessels can

In separate agreements, BIO-UV Ardmore’s decision follows on the heels simply ‘plug in’ and pass untreated bal-

Group will also design, build and sup- of the announcement that USCG will be New Entrants last water through a containerized ver- ply BIO-SEA units for retro? t installa- using OBS on its next generation Off- As the market has matured and com- sion of the BAWAT system. This can be tion to a Great Lakes tank barge oper- shore Patrol Cutters (OPC). Once com- panies have fallen out, new players have used if operators have issues with their ated by Canadian shipowner McAsphalt pleted, the Ardmore contract will take emerged. One new name is Danish ? rm existing systems from different manu- and for three newbuild barges under the number of Optimarin systems retro- BAWAT, which claims to have devised a facturers or, in a bold step, if they choose construction by Dutch shipbuilder Da- ? tted beyond the 200 mark. technology to help shipowners win the not to install systems at all.

men for delivery to Russian interests. Ecochlor is another manufacturer that war – simply, cost effectively and reli- Another new name is BOS, which

For the three barges Damen is building has been racking up some sizable or- ably. BAWAT technology is unique, but launched earlier this autumn at SMM for Rosneft, BIO-UV Group will sup- ders, and according to John Morganti, it isn’t ‘new’. In fact it’s been used sim- in Hamburg with an innovative way of ply three skid-mounted 250m3/h capac- VP Sales & Marketing, Ecochlor, part ply, effectively and ef? ciently for more evaluating the problem, according to Dr. ity BIO-SEA B02-0250 units. BIO-UV of the Ecochlor value proposition is the than 150 years. It’s pasteurization or, in Jerry Ng, CEO, BOS Ballast Water Man-

Group has partnered with Damen Green introduction of EcoCare, an offer from other words, heating the water. “There’s agement Solution. “Most systems require since 2014 and supplied a number of bal- the company which essentially ‘future a genius in simplicity,” says CEO Kim treating the water, and treating the water last water treatment systems to the Dutch proofs’ the system in the event of chang- Diederichsen, “and our system couldn’t consumes a lot of power, and the IMO has shipbuilding group. ing regulation, and seeks to assure ship- be more simple; it is effective, easy to recently announced that it intends to cut

Optimarin recently won a contract to owners that the system will perform. operate, cheap to run and straightfor- greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2050. supply 36 systems to Ardmore Ship- “Shipowners are in a dif? cult position. ward to maintain. Essentially it works by There must be a better way.” ping, one of its largest orders to date. I’m a former mariner, having sailed heating the ballast water to eliminate any The BOS way is a ‘one size ? ts all, one

Ireland-based Ardmore Shipping will ? t when I got out of Kings Point. I under- potentially harmful organisms. The pro- price ? ts all’ system. The ? rst of its kind the three dozen units across 18 chemical stand this is not a glamor sale, it’s being cess is effective at temperatures as low Bos Natural Ballast system uses a ballast and product tankers – two units in each driven by regulation,” said Morganti. as 64 degrees centigrade. That’s it. No water measuring and monitoring feedback vessel, with delivery starting in February “Anything we can do to make installa- need for any chemicals, UV, ? ltering or methodology to ensure compliance to 2019. The Optimarin Ballast Systems tion, to make upkeep and maintenance post treatment holding time, and effec- D2 standard without the increased GHG (OBS) – a UV-based system – was the easier … to make the operation and tive with just a one-pass solution. emission and enormous CAPEX/OPEX. ? rst system in the market to achieve full compliance easier … to ensure that the The heat for the pasteurization process BOS Natural Ballast has a small footprint

USCG approval, and it will be ? tted on system is really going to work despite is obtained from a ‘green’ source, as it is and is easy to retro? t/install without the a rolling basis across a selection of stra- turbity, salinity, temperature,” will be scavenged, waste heat produced by the need for the ship to stop operation.

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