Shipboard Testing of Ballast WT Technology
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
Damen Green Solutions, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has completed the shipboard testing of its InvaSave ballast water treatment technology.
During the shipboard tests, conducted on-board Henrike Schepers, the untreated ballast water was taken in and the effectiveness of the technology was validated upon discharge.
The tests have proven that the technology is worthy of providing International Maritime Organization (IMO) approved backup service in a port in case of a failure in a vessel’s on-board treatment systems to uptake or discharge ballast water.
Currently pending a patent, the InvaSave technology expects to receive IMO type approval this year.
The Netherlands’ Groningen Seaports is the first port to offer this ballast water treatment service.
Damen is cooperating with the service providers in the ports to provide this ballast water treatment service.
The InvaSave technology also has the ability to serve as a port-based alternative for those ship owners who might not want to retrofit an on-board treatment system.
It can further be used in a port in case of a sudden outburst of marine pests.
The InvaSave technology, which features new filtering and UV technology, can be provided in a self-sufficient mobile container, which can be kept onboard a service barge or moved around the port on a trailer or a pontoon.
Source: Ship-technology
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