French ballast water treatment system (BWTS) manufacturer Bio-UV Group has found that over 30% of all installed ballast water treatment systems fail Port State Control D-2 compliance inspections despite 95% of systems having successfully passed commissioning tests....
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SAILING CARGO SHIP INCLUDES BIO-SEA BWTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
The innovative 'Grain de Sail II' cargo sail ship has set sail across the Atlantic with a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) supplied by the French Bio-UV Group. The vessel, based in St. Malo, transports French products to New York by sail before heading south to...
UPGRADE FOR WÄRTSILÄ COMPACT WASTE TREATMENT PLANT
Wärtsilä Water and Waste has relaunched its STC0-23 sewage treatment plant, part of the Super Trident series, with the smallest and most compact design of any Wärtsilä Water and Waste sewage treatment plant. The technology works with both gravity and vacuum waste...
NEW BWTS FACILITY ADDS CREW TRAINING
Bio-UV Group, the French manufacturer of the Bio-Sea ballast water treatment system (BWTS), has inaugurated a new 1,200m² maritime training, R&D, engineering, and production facility. The completion of the €2.2m extension, which increases the footprint of the...
BALLAST SERVICE HELPS PREVENT BWTS NON-COMPLIANCE ISSUE
Danish company Bawat reports a recent case that underscores the critical need for effective ballast reception facilities in ports, where the company was called upon to deliver its ballast as a service (BaaS) solution to a vessel facing deballasting challenges in...
EGCS COMPANY AIMS TO EXTRACT CO2 FROM SEAWATER
Ecospray, an Italian company specialising in integrated solutions for decarbonisation, including exhaust gas cleaning, and part of the Carnival cruise group, intends to take part as a technical supplier in a pilot project to capture CO2 from seawater. The company will...
WÄRTSILÄ HELPS CRUISE COMPANY DEAL WITH WASTE IN SUSTAINABLE FASHION
Wärtsilä's Water and Waste division has signed a four-year Service, Spares and Technical Support agreement with cruise operator Carnival Corporation. The contract covers a platform for providing the support needed to maintain and operate the onboard...
BIO-SEA BWTS SELECTED FOR WIND-POWERED CARGO SHIP
The French Bio-UV Group has won a contract to supply its Bio-Sea UV ballast water treatment system to the Neoliner 136 wind-powered cargo vessel newbuild. The Neoliner 136 is the first ship of its kind from Neoline, a company established in 2015 to research solutions...
DAMEN AND BAWAT FORMALISE MOBILE BWMS JV
Damen Green Solutions and Danish company Bawat have formally signed an agreement to solidify their joint venture (JV) in the development and sales of mobile Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS). The JV operating under the collective name "Bawat Damen", is said to...
BIO-UV LOOKS TO OFFSHORE ENERGY SECTOR FOR BWTS ORDERS
The French Bio-UV Group has received a major order to supply its Bio-Sea ballast water treatment system (BWTS) to a pair of drill ships scheduled to enter an undisclosed operator’s fleet of modern, high-specification vessels and rigs. A modular version from the...
GLOBAL STANDARDS NEEDED FOR MARITIME WASTE RECYCLING
Plastic pollution at sea could be lessened and better recycling rates achieved by the introduction of standardised global regulations, says marine waste management company Top Glory Marine (TGM). TGM says that a set of standardised global regulations or guidelines on...
KOREAN CERTIFICATION FOR ERMA FIRST BWTS
Erma First has received South Korean flag Type Approval for its Erma First Fit ballast water treatment system (BWTS). Awarded by the administration of the Republic of Korea, the Erma First Fit BWTS is now one of the few non-domestic systems to hold such type approval,...
MARINFLOC EGR WATER TREATMENT SECURES WinGD APPROVAL
Swedish maritime environmental solution company Marinfloc has announced an update to its CD EGR system, and has, following rigorous and extensive tests, secured approval to treat Exhaust Gas Recirculation bleed off water from WinGD engines equipped with iCER systems....