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FUTURE OF MARINE WATER & WASTEFUTURE OF MARINE WATER & WASTE

All images courtesy Hamworthy

Marking a new chapter for British marine water and waste specialist

Hamworthy, CEO Fraser Scott re? ects on how environmental systems have evolved from check-box auxiliary equipment into essential infrastructure at the heart of modern shipping.

By Fraser Scott, CEO, Hamworthy hen we reintroduced the Hamworthy mental systems rarely receive the same level of attention, name to the maritime industry in June, yet we would argue that dependable water & waste systems

I found myself re? ecting on everything are just as fundamental to operations. Freshwater must be that has changed during our 14 years as produced or treated, sewage and grey water collected and

Wthe water and waste systems division processed, bilge water treated before discharge, and sludge of the Wärtsilä Group. Hamworthy and Serck Como have and solid waste managed in accordance with international been part of the marine environmental systems industry for and local regulations.

decades, supporting thousands of vessels across every major These systems are fundamental to the operation of every shipping sector. Throughout that time, one thing has remained modern vessel, sitting at the intersection of environmental remarkably consistent. Water and waste systems have rarely responsibility, operational resilience and commercial perfor- attracted attention unless something has gone wrong. mance. And increasingly, regulatory compliance must now be

Conversations about ship technology and equipment natu- demonstrated every day a ship is in service, which is a sig- rally gravitate towards propulsion, navigation, cargo han- ni? cant shift from the install, certify and forget approach that dling and, more recently, digitalisation. Shipboard environ- parts of the industry have shown towards the sector in the past.

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