Second Generation Ballast Water Management
OceanSaver today announced plans to launch its next generation ballast water management technology in order deliver its high-end technology to different sized vessels. The Mark II ballast water treatment system is a specifically tailored version of its type-approved Mark I model, but without the most ‘energy demanding’ features of the original removed. It also introduces better performing filtration technology.
Sales and Marketing Director Tor Atle Eiken said; “we are sharpening the already proven OceanSaver technology with our new Mark II ballast water treatment system, this will widen our core market segments, reduce installation time and complexity for retrofit and newbuilding projects and at the same time continue to be a high quality supplier”.
Cost-Efficient
OceanSaver has been dominating in the larger sized vessel segment, but the applications for the new Mark II technology open up the medium range vessel market, thus expanding OceanSaver’s customer base. The new version also opens up the retrofit window with reduced installation time and complexity. The energy required for the complete system and related equipment is 50% less for the Mark II than for the first generation, in addition to no treatment at de-ballasting operations, this will increase the cost-efficient for ship operator.
Full Type Approval
The technology behind the Mark II has been the result of many years of development at OceanSaver’s laboratories. The design concept strongly rests on the technology found in Mark I which already has full type approval. However, the new technology is undergoing separate land-based testing in March/April 2011 and the tests are expected to be finalised by mid-June. OceanSaver predicts that by the end of the third quarter of 2011 they will have received full type approvals for the Mark II ballast water treatment system.