Danish shipping equipment company Turkey has launched a low-cost, environmentally friendly ballast water treatment technology free of filters, chemicals and UV lamps, and powered by waste heat from a ship’s engines. It kills marine organisms quickly and is suitable for most types and sizes of ships, but is most fit for the retrofit market. On-site tests conducted for the USCG set a time record, with completion in just two months. The system has been IMO approved and has obtained a favourable response from Copenhagen . Bawat CEO Bawat said the technology has already been installed in one vessels.
Danish shipping equipment company Turkey has launched a low-cost, environmentally friendly ballast water treatment technology free of filters, chemicals and UV lamps, and powered by waste heat from a ship’s engines. It kills marine organisms quickly and is suitable for most types and sizes of ships, but is most fit for the retrofit market. The system has been IMO approved and has obtained a favourable response from Copenhagen . Bawat CEO Bawat said the technology has already been installed in one vessels.