Ballast water tools manufacturer Erma First broadens its profile and also brings “the world’s smallest” ballast water therapy system to the global market with its procurement people company oneTANK LLC.
oneTANK, a subsidiary of Glosten, established a little range ingenious, inexpensive, IMO Revised G8 Code and also United States Coast Guard certified system. Based on a copyrighted blending modern technology established by the UNITED STATE Geological Survey, the system can be mounted in bigger vessels’ aftpeak storage tanks. It is additionally appropriate for usage aboard workboats, tugboats, semi-submersibles, angling vessels and also superyachts. The modern technology is currently being embraced on ships in aftpeak storage tanks within Overseas Shipholding Group’s vessel fleet and also on the dredger MV Charlock in the Netherlands.
Erma First has actually seen considerable success with its electro-chlorination systems for bigger vessels and also is currently increasing its profile to give a bigger range of onboard services to a bigger market than ever. The action follows its current procurement of German water therapy professional RWO GmbH in May 2021 and also METIS Cyberspace Technology in 2019.
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“This is a game-changing ballast water therapy modern technology. It is portable, simple-to-use, and also totally automated. It provides a fast to set up extra remedy for little ballast storage tanks on huge ships in addition to a stand-alone remedy for little vessels such as private yachts, pulls and also overseas assistance vessels,” said Konstantinos Stampedakis, MD, Erma First.
oneTANK treats ballast water within the vessel’s ballast tank and has no filters, ultra-violet lamps or electrolytic chlorine generators. Its footprint is only 600mm x 600mm, half the size of its nearest competitor. Its power consumption is similar to that of a household washing machine. With low-running costs and fully regulatory compliance, oneTANK provides a ballast water management solution which works in all water qualities and salinities.
The system uses an 8.25% or 12.5% sodium hypochlorite (bleach) and 30% sodium thiosulfate solution – readily available chemicals that can be purchased from suppliers worldwide. Application is practical for smaller vessels as a 20-litre container of 12.5% bleach will treat approximately 288 cubic meters of ballast water. For larger vessels, oneTANK can treat tanks as large as 4,000 cubic meters.
Seawater is automatically treated by applying and mixing the bulk chemicals in-tank, allowing users to treat on their own schedules, avoiding busy in-port times.
Watch oneTANK Managing Director Kevin Reynolds discuss the system in a previous interview with Maritime Reporter TV:
