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TECH FEATURE CLEAN WATER

ALL PATHS LEAD TO CLEAN

WATER @ MARINFLOC

Marin? oc debuts an online library of professional content to deliver insight on wastewater treatment trends, products and servicing. Martin Gombrii, CEO Marin? oc Sales and

Production, Marin? oc, discussed with Maritime Reporter TV the company and its mission.

arin? oc is a 28-years-old company which is focused on solving a sim- ply stated but technically complex

Mmaritime problem: ensuring only clean water is discharged overboard. Today, it has in the market more than 2,500 treatment units in principally four different segments: bilge water r

Image courtesy Marin? oc treatment, sewage treatment, offshore water treat- ment, and exhaust gas water treatment, which cu- mulatively to date has treated more than 200 mil- lion tons. Most recently Marinfloc added to its industry leadership by creating a series of profes- sional maintenance guidance videos. “It's actu- ally an extension of the video content presented d on the HMI screen on the treatment unit,” said d d

Marin? oc’s WhiteBox system

Gombrii. “The new generation of seafarers like to get their information from video, so by having this inside the engine room in the control cabi- While training competence is a focus, so too is new prod- hil i i i f id net, they can access useful information instruction videos. uct and system development as the maritime industry col-

However, we wanted to expand this offering to also our us- lectively faces increasingly stringent water and air emission ers that has older integration of treatment systems so they restrictions. To that end, earlier this year Marin? oc launched can access these videos on this website” its water treatment system for EGR, with a 12.5 tons per hour capacity, “required for big ships that produce a high amount of

Lifecycle Maintenance Support condensate,” said Gombrii. In particularly, Gombrii notes that

As most anyone on any vessel can attest, the dearth of tech- the energy transition will spur more wastewater for treatment nical spec on ancillary equipment is problematic as ship and – particularly with methanol as a marine fuel.

equipment age. The level of support varies widely by prod- Marin? oc’s WhiteBox system is designed as a failsafe sys- uct, system and OEM, and the education speci? cally on water tem for the overboard discharge of water, “designed so that no treatment systems in advance of serving on a ship is sparse at water with oil content above the set limit can accidentally be best. This is where Marin? oc steps up. pumped overboard,” said Gombrii. “I think this is a really important topic, because I believe Positioned between the oily water separator and the over- that quite a few engineers can agree that the amount of train- board valve, the Whitebox is designed to prevent non-compli- ing they got at the maritime university” on wastewater treat- ant bilge water discharge, helping to ensure operations remain ment systems is very limited, if existent at all, said Gombrii. within the regulatory bounds of MEPC 107(49). “We have our own training program. We have trained more The Whitebox guarantees consistent monitoring of all vital than a thousand engineers through the years. We can do it at discharge data and is integrated with the vessel’s GPS to help our of? ce, onboard ships and in (our customers) of? ces. We provide transparent and accountable operations with recorded also have our double decker bus (which allows us to) visit ship data on oil content, valve settings and ? ow metrics. owners universities. But I believe, again, this video content is Marin? oc is also part of the ‘digitalization’ discussion, cur- really the way to go to make sure that those on board have the rently developing a data analysis program to allow more pro- information right in front of them.” active condition-based monitoring.

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