BIO-UV BWTS for car carrier trio

The order, for retrofit installation to the Siem Copernicus, Siem Curie and Siem Socrates, is the latest in a series of deliveries of BIO-SEA B-Series equipment for around a dozen SIEM Ship Management reefer vessels since 2021.

“We are delighted that our ongoing highly successful partnership with SIEM Ship Management, in which we have supplied BIO-SEA systems for reefer vessels, has continued with the latest order for retrofitting BIO-SEA B-Series equipment on three car carriers,” said Laurent-Emmanuel Migeon, chief executive of BIO-UV Group.

The scope of the order comprises B02 BIO-SEA BWTS units with a medium to high flow rate of 300m³ per hour.

The Siem Curie and Siem Copernicus, both built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, were delivered in 2009 and 2010 respectively. These 43,810gt car carriers have a capacity for up to 3,205 cars, whereas the 47,090gt Siem Socrates, delivered by Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry in 2010, carries up to 4,900 cars.

Other SIEM ships fitted with BIO-SEA systems have included the reefer ships Star First, Star Prima, Caribbean Star, Colombian Star, Costarican Star, Wellington Star, Solent Star, Southampton Star, Cote D’ivoirian Star and the still to be commissioned Dunedin Star.