Eletson Corporation will certainly have its whole fleet retrofitted with WärtsiläBallast Water Management Systems Vessel photo copyright: Eletson Corporation
Piraeus, Greece, based driver Eletson is to retrofit its whole fleet with Wärtsilä’s Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS).
A total amount of 23 item oil, chemical, as well as LPG providers in the Eletson fleet will certainly be retrofitted with as much as 69 Wärtsilä BWMS systems. They will certainly consisting of both the Aquarius UV (ultra-violet) as well as Aquarius EC (electro-chlorination) systems. “As the only dual technology provider in this field, we can meet all the requirements of ships with differing operational profiles, which gives the customer all the benefits of having to deal with only one supplier,” states Timo Koponen, Vice President, Processing Solutions, Wärtsilä Marine.
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Ballast Water Management Convention entered pressure for newbuild vessels in September 2017, as well as for existing vessels by their following unique study after September 2019. It is targeted at stopping the spread of unsafe water microorganisms from one area to an additional, as well as at stopping damages to the aquatic atmosphere from ballast water discharge.
“For Eletson, the BWMS supplier selection was a very important decision” states Lazaros Skoularikos, COO ofEletson Corp “Compliance enablement was normally a prime demand, yet additionally the performance history, the lifecycle prices, as well as the vendor’s assistance capacities needed to be thought about. For all these factors, we selected Wärtsilä,
The Wärtsilä Aquarius UV BWMS has actually efficiently finished all the called for screening treatments as well as has actually been sent for united state Coastguard (USCG)Type Approval IMO Type Approval for the Aquarius UV system was given in 2012. The USCG authorization procedure is substantial as well as includes both land as well as sea screening.
The business’s alternate BWMS modern technology, the Wärtsilä Aquarius EC, was given USCG Type Approval in August 2018, as well as IMO Type Approval in 2013.
