Bio-Sea conducts new USCG testing

The system, which was IMO type approved in 2013 and had previously received alternative management system status from the US Coast Guard (USCG), was originally tested to the most probable number (MPN) sampling method. In December the USCG decided that it would not approve systems that were tested using MPN.

In a statement Bio-Sea said: “In order to meet our customers technical and regulatory expectations, the company has decided to show that Bio-Sea systems
are compliant with any measuring methods which will be chosen by USCG.

“Additional tests campaigns have been undertaken with the Norwegian laboratory NIVA, showing that the Bio-Sea system is also performant with the CMFDA method… compliant with both the IMO and USCG rules and the MPN and CMFDA methods in a large spectrum of water qualities.”