Page 50: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (January 2021)

Tech Files

Innovative products, technologies and concepts

COVID-19 & the need to

Disinfect Your Ship

Rotterdam-based company DisinfectYour.com has launched a new service to help vessel own- ers and crew respond to COVID-19 outbreaks.

The service includes complete disinfection of closed areas on a vessel, as well as care for the crew – including sanitized transfers between the

SERO vessel and COVID-safe accommodation in Rot- terdam – during the treatment.

Vessels are treated using a highly effective

SERO SHPmarine Side Channel Pump equipment approved by the UN and the World

While the maritime industry steams toward alternative and dual

Health Organization. Nebulizers create a ? ne fuel solutions, much of the focus, rightfully so, remains on the main disinfectant mist that quickly cover surfaces, movers as well as the design and logistics considerations. Here we enabling the vessel to re-enter service as soon look at the SERO PumpSystems’ SHPmarine side channel pump, a as possible pending a safety check after surfaces pump integrated into the “Secondary Fuel Supply Systems” (SFSS) have dried.

of hybrid ship propulsion units pumping LPG (propane) to the main

DisinfectYour.com has a strong pedigree of shipboard engine.

sanitizing workplaces – including airports,

According to the manufacturer, it is the ? rst pump of its kind to public transport facilities, shopping centres and be both Lloyd’s Register accepted and DNV GL type approved for of? ces as well as ships – to the highest environ- maritime dual fuel propulsion systems. This pump includes: a low mental and occupational safety standards.

suction head requirement, uninterrupted pressure-constant delivery of low-viscosity liquids and a resistance to shipboard vibrations ensuring high functional reliability of the SHPmarine in “over the water” applications.

The SHPmarine pump technology was originally developed for use in the oil and gas industry, handling natural gas liquids in a myriad of midstream production and process services. It has now been modi- ? ed to meet maritime needs as the IMO 2020 initiative to reduce fugitive emissions takes hold.

DisinfectYour.com

EBDG & Factory Trawler Modernization

Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) is supporting O’Hara Corporation as it modernizes its 204-ft. factory trawler, Alaska Spirit, which has been ? sh- ing Alaska’s Bering Sea since 1989 when it was converted from an OSV to a head and gut factory trawler. The project kicked off in 2017, shortly after

O’Hara acquired the vessel and selected EBDG as its engineering partner.

Project planning has been intentional to ensure vessel operations were not negatively impacted, with work completed during normal down time.

Upgrades have included new generator and hydraulic engines, a new factory, conversion of underutilized aft tanks to stores, replacement of pilot house port lights with windows, habitability upgrades, and a complete rethinking of the trawl deck. EBDG has provided engineering support for much of this work. For the full story visit: bit.ly/3npDK1m

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