BallastWaterTreatmentandInvasiveAqua4cSpecies

Protecting Our Coastal

Ecosystems

Topics

§  The Global Environmental Problem §  Regulatory Update

•  IMO •  USCG

§  BWMS Technology Landscape §  Ecochlor® BWMS §  Recent Installations §  Early Planning for Retrofit Success §  Other Recommendations

The Global Environmental Problem Invasive Aquatic Species in Ships’ Ballast Water

Regulatory Update USCG

§  Three BWMS have USCG Type Approval - more within reach. Extensions will no longer be linked to the vessel dry dock cycle.

§  Owners/operators of vessels with compliance date beyond 2020 should plan to be in compliance on that date.

§  USCG initiated penalty proceeding against an operator for discharging ballast water without the use of an approved USCG BWMS.

§  The updated guidance on extensions can be found in MSIB 03-17

Regulatory Update

IMO §  BW Management Convention comes into force in September 2017 §  IMO’s MEPC 70 approved a set of substantial revisions to the G8

Guidelines on equipment testing. Guidelines will be reviewed and revised into a mandatory code at a subsequent session of the committee.

§  BWM – Potential exemption using ‘Same Risk’ areas §  ‘Experience Building’ time with no penalization for noncompliance §  MEPC 71 will offer guidance on sampling and analysis

BWTS Technology Landscape

§  32 UV or UV+ §  29 Electro chlorination (EC) or EC+ §  4 Chemical §  Other variations – a couple of ozone, de-oxygenation, etc.

Ecochlor has multiple world wide patents for the use of ClO2 as a ballast water treatment to prevent the transportation of AIS. In addition we have developed an extensive portfolio of regulatory approvals worldwide.

75% of IMO Type approved BWTS systems are either UV or Electro-chlorination technologies.

Ecochlor® BWTS Overview

1. To Starboard ClO2 Injection 2. Port ClO2 Injection 3. Flow Meter 4. Supply Water Pump 5. Filter Suction Pump

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Ecochlor BWTS

n  Not impaired by water quality variations such as salinity, temperature, or turbidity

n  Low energy consumption n  Design options for hazardous

area installations n  Results that will meet potentially future

stricter requirements for IMO and USCG

n  No neutralization needed during ballast discharge

Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) is not Chlorine!

Recent Installation Locations

Shipyards Installed Planned TK Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey

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Viktor Lenac, Rijeka, Croatia

3 TBD

Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Limited, China

1 TBD

Lisnave, Portugal 1 TBD

Installation Team – NS Consul SCF Novoship – Argo Navis Engineering – TK Tuzla Shipyard – Ecochlor® BWTS

Early Planning for Retrofit Success

§  Choose Integration Engineering firms with experience in BWMS §  Engage your Integration Engineering firm and Classification Society early §  Secure contracts with BWTS manufacturers to assure availability and current price

levels §  Choose shipyards with experience in installing chosen system and use for your

fleet of ships §  If you go to a yard with no experience installing your chosen system, expect

to have the maker to have to support the yard at an additional cost

Other Recommendations §  Scan every vessel you can, sisters are not always identical

§  Insist on quality equipment and components

§  Predictability of OPEX and life time costs should be considered

§  The Superintendent Engineer must be fully engaged during the yard period

•  Read and understand the installation specification

§  Crew involvement is critical to successful installation and imperative to successful continued operation of the system after installation

Preparation + Planning = Financial Savings & Time! Without proper planning an installation will probably end up costing more than you thought it would and take longer than expected.

Ecochlor® Ballast Water Treatment

Protecting Our Coastal Ecosystems