OSG orders more De Nora BWMS units
OSG will retrofit the proprietary slipstream electrochlorination BWTS on four 69,000 DWT chemical and oil product tankers within the first half of next year.
Lawrence Quinn, CEO of De Nora Water Technologies said: “This order on behalf of OSG marks our first confirmed order following ratification of the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention last month, and the start of what we expect to be a swift ramp-up in the retrofit market for BWTS.”
“An existing customer that operates a majority US Flagged fleet trading under the Jones Act, this deal exemplifies the partnerships we have built and the industry confidence in our offering.”
De Nora will supply its BALPURE BP3000-C system for installation on the Overseas Goldmar, Overseas Silvermar, Overseas Rubymar and Overseas Rosemar.
This is OSG’s second planned installation of the BALPURE system, having entered into a contract with De Nora for the supply of two 50,000 DWT tanker earlier this year.
All together these orders represent the supply of BALPURE BWTS to over 10% of OSG’s owned and operated fleet.
Mr Quinn added: “De Nora is poised and ready to help our customers meet compliance effectively and for the long-term. The BALPURE system is IMO Type Approved with USCG AMS Acceptance and is currently progressing through both land-based and shipboard testing for compliance with US Coast Guard (USCG) ballast water management legislation.”
“Moreover, it has been rigorously tested in commercial use and we are extremely confident that the BALPURE system will meet the world’s most stringent ballast water standards.”
BALPURE has also been identified by the US EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) as one of only three systems able to meet a standard 10 times more stringent than the IMO D-2 standard. De Nora expects to complete testing and apply for USCG type approval in the first quarter of 2017.
