Ballast water system sales for BIO-UV

The systems will be fitted to newbuild offshore supply vessels (OSVs) under construction and this is BIO-UV’s first contract secured with this yard.

Xavier Deval, business manager, Ballast Water Treatment Solutions, BIO-SEA, told The Motorship that in his opinion the reason that the BIO-SEA100’s were chosen for the newbuilds is for their “UV technology, compactness of the unit and competitive pricing”.

The BIO-SEA100 unit works by both filtering and disinfecting. The dedicated backwash pump ensures the discharge of the filtrate while continuing the water treatment and filling the ballast tanks causing no interruption to operations.

If UV disinfection is just required, filtration is automatically by-passed. At the end of the operation (either ballasting or deballasting) a total purge of the system is performed, flushing and filling the filter and reactors with fresh water, to avoid any risk of corrosion and other development of bacteria.

So far the company has sold about 20 BIO-SEA100 systems for OSV’s container ships and bulk carriers.

Founded in May 2000 and based in Southern France, BIO-UV specialised in UV-C light for water treatment, designs, manufactures, and offers worldwide UV solutions for water disinfection.