Norwegian BWTS successes

The company reports particular success in the retrofit and newbuild markets for offshore support ships, which it attributed to the fact that the system is claimed to be the smallest on the market, taking up less space onboard, and that it is simple in design and easy to operate.

“So far, we have primarily sold our ballast water management system to shipyards which in turn install the system on-board newbuilds. However, we have now also sold three systems to offshore vessels in existing fleets, a process known as retrofit,” said MMC sales director Børge Gjelseth.

The retrofit orders include one from Hellix Well Ops UK for well intervention vessel Well Enhancer, with a 150m³/h system, while MMC recently signed an agreement with Norwegian owner Havila, for its subsea construction support vessel, Havila Phoenix.

“The compact size and simple operability of our system are particularly beneficial for the retrofit market. A large number of existing vessels will struggle even to install our compact skid system due to lack of space and narrow conditions on-board. It is therefore beneficial to be able to split the system up into individual parts or modules,” said Mr Gjelseth.

“As we are building our network of agents, we are concentrating on finding agents who can help provide start-up, service and after sales. So far, we have signed agreements with agents in Singapore and Germany in addition to letters of intent with agents in Spain and Turkey. Norr Systems in Singapore has sold eight MMC BWMS systems to China. Steinback Ingenieurtechnik has sold one system to Lloyd Verft in Bremerhaven,” Mr Gjelseth added.