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WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS

Ballast Water Management Systems

Technical, logistical, business updates on BWMS.

wo topics – ballast water management systems and approval will need to perform a minor upgrade on their Pure- digitalization – have dominated the maritime industry Ballast 2 systems.

this century. Alfa Laval helps meld the two, and MPC

TContainer Ships ASA (MPCC) helps lead the way. The ‘Don’t Delay’ ClassNK Advises

Oslo-listed company owns and operates 65 containership, 15 The installation of regulatory mandated equipment is gen- of which are equipped with connected Alfa Laval PureBal- erally not met with enthusiasm by the ship owning commu- last 3 ballast water treatment systems. In the last year MPCC nity, particularly the case with BWM systems, which can cost installed PureBallast 3 ballast water treatment systems with millions of dollars with no direct economic return. At the

PureBallast Connect, and now the company is coming back same time, complex retrot? ts across the world ? eet can cause for more. “For new equipment like ballast water treatment sys- logjams of availability at shipyards, and ClassNK is advis- tems, the possibility to remotely access the systems provides ing that shipowners not wait until the last minute to install several bene? ts,” said Philipp Niesing, Managing Director at BWMS. ClassNK has analyzed the retro? t status of BWMS

MPCC Verwaltungs GmbH. “It was important for us from the on its registered ships periodically since 2018. As of the end start that Alfa Laval could access and troubleshoot the sys- of November 2020, 7,220 of the 9,159 ships registered with tems remotely, in order to avoid deploying service technicians ClassNK are obligated to install BWMS in accordance with to cater for small needs. We want to have our systems ready the BWM Convention. Among these, 3,982 ships have com- for use and compliant at all times.” Using PureBallast Con- pleted the installation, leaving 3,238 ships that still require nect’s online portal, superintendents can support vessels by attention. Although the number of ships without BWMS has following the parameters, conditions and alarms of connected decreased by 1,280 since August 2019, the deadline for these ballast water treatment systems. ships remains largely concentrated in 2022.

PureBallast 2 Gets USCG Type Approval Simplifying the Aftpeak Tank Retro? t

Alfa Laval’s PureBallast 2 solution is one of the more ma- The oneTank concept was conceived by its parent company ture technologies on the market, launched a decade ago. But Glosten, while re? tting tankers and bulkers, when it was real- the system was developed long before the USCG presented its ized that these projects were not one re? t project, rather two. testing regime, and as a result, certain technical modi? cations Even though the cargo body is where 95% of the ballast wa- were needed before it could undergo USCG testing. With the ter is located, sometimes ? tting the aftpeak tank proved more modi? cations in place, a PureBallast 2 system with a Boll & dif? cult. “We’ve ? tted many cargo body ballast treatment

Kirsch ? lter completed the tests in April 2020, and the solu- systems including ? lter + UV, ? lter + EC, and more recent- tion has now received USCG type approval as of December ly several of the InTank treatment plants that are supported 30, 2020. Owners seeking to take advantage of the USCG type by SciencoFAST,” said Kevin Reynolds, managing director,

Melding Digitalization & BWMS

Two topics – ballast water management systems and digitalization – have dominated the maritime industry this century. Alfa Laval helps meld the two, and MPC

Container Ships ASA (MPCC) helps lead the way.

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