• 2014 September 8 13:20

    Damen announces strategic partnership agreements with three major Ballast Water Treatment System suppliers

    Damen Shipyards announces today it has established three strategic partnership agreements with major Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) system suppliers. It complements the worldwide One Stop BWT Retrofitting Service offered by Damen.  This One Stop Service gives ship owners peace of mind in their challenge to comply with ballast water regulations in the most cost effective and timely way, the company said in its press release.

    With over 60.000 vessels to be retrofitted in the near future there is a need to coordinate and ensure cost effective implementation and life cycle support. With the large number of vessels to be retrofitted, there will be subsequent supply problems for BWT equipment, engineering and class in a booming market. Damen is dedicated to providing a total turnkey package to vessel-owners for BWTS integrations and services.

    Damen has chosen to include BWT systems manufactured by its strategic retrofit partners: Trojan Marinex,  Bio-UV, and Evoqua Water Technologies. All BWT systems of these partners are IMO type approved and are USCG AMS accepted.

    Trojan Marinex delivers BWT systems purpose-built for the marine environment, providing filtration + UV in a single, compact unit having an industry-leading low power draw requirement due to their innovative Solo lamp technology and has been tested to operate in all water qualities, including freshwater.

    Bio-UV designs and manufactures, with high marine quality components, the BIO-SEA® BWT system. This is a reliable, innovative, modular and cost efficient UV based system.

    Evoqua Water Technologies provides their SeaCURETM  BWTS operable in all salinities based on proven, widely deployed Chloropac® electrochlorination technology.

    Based on the vessels characteristics, operational requirements and customers preference Damen BWT experts will select the most appropriate BWT technology for retrofitting. By working with the selected partners, Damen can provide high-quality competitive retrofit packages for all vessel types.

    Damen BWT experts use 3D scan techniques to create a customized engineering package. Installation of a BWTS can be done at one of the Damen Shiprepair & Conversion shipyards conveniently located worldwide. Systems can also be installed at a customer selected non-Damen yard or during operation.

    By using 3D scan techniques to create a custom engineering package, Damen is able to modify the vessel with the most economic, high-quality type approved Ballast Water Treatment System. Therefore Damen assures the system is ready on time. Due to the cooporation with selected preferred BWTS suppliers, competitive efficient total retrofit packages can be guaranteed.

    Gert-Jan Oude Egberink, Damen Manager Ballast Water Treatment, comments; “We are very pleased announcing our strategic BWT partners Trojan Marinex, Bio-UV and Evoqua. It means we can address many of the retrofit concerns in the shipping industry. I think there is no other global company that has this one-stop-shop, with the yard and the engineering capacity, a vast knowledge of shipbuilding, global service capacity, purchasing power and key strategic partnerships. Our customers have a long term trusted partner and peace of mind.”

    Damen Shipyards Group
    Damen Shipyards Group operates 32 ship- and repair yards, employing 8,000 people worldwide. Damen has delivered more than 5,000 vessels in more than 100 countries and delivers approximately 180 vessels annually to customers worldwide. Based on its unique, standardised ship design concept Damen is able to guarantee consistent quality.

    Damen’s focus on standardisation, modular construction and keeping vessels in stock leads to short delivery times, low ‘total cost of ownership’, high resale value and reliable performance. Furthermore, Damen vessels are based on thorough R&D and proven technology.

    Damen offers a wide range of products, including: tugs, workboats, naval and patrol vessels, high-speed craft, cargo vessels, dredgers, vessels for the offshore industry, ferries, pontoons and super yachts.

    For nearly all vessel types Damen offers a broad range of services, such as maintenance, spare parts delivery, training and transfer of (shipbuilding) know-how. Finally, Damen offers a variety of marine components, especially nozzles, (flap-type) rudders, steering gear, anchors, anchor chains and steel works.

    Damen Shiprepair & Conversion
    In addition to ship design and shipbuilding, Damen Shiprepair & Conversion offers a network of 16 repair and conversion yards worldwide, with dry docks ranging up to 420 x 80 metres. Conversion projects range from adapting vessels to meet today’s requirements and regulations to the complete conversion of large offshore structures. DS&C handles 1,500 repair and maintenance jobs annually.

    About Trojan Marinex
    Trojan Marinex is part of the Trojan Technologies group of businesses which is the largest UV water treatment company in the world. Trojan Marinex designs and engineers ballast water treatment systems. These systems are purpose-built for the marine environment and provide filtration + UV in a single, compact unit. In addition to the rigorous certification and testing methodologies employed, the Trojan Marinex BWT system is differentiated in that custom-designed filtration and UV is integrated into in a single, compact unit. TrojanUV Solo Lamp™ Technology was utilized to ensure the lowest installed power draw of other systems in the market. This extremely low power draw means that larger vessels, such as bulkers and tankers, can effectively choose a UV-based solution.

    About Bio-UV
    BIO-UV, the French ultraviolets water treatment specialist, is an innovative industrial SME created in May 2000 with a subsidiary in the USA (Delta UV in California). The BIO-UV Group designs, manufactures and markets systems and concepts of disinfection by ultraviolet light (UV-C) adapted to a large number of applications.
    BIO-SEA® by BIO-UV is the first only system developed and manufactured in France for treatment of ballast water.
    The complete ballast water treatment system BIO-SEA® combines mechanical filtration and UV disinfection, without any chemical treatment whatsoever. BIO-SEA®, with high marine quality components, is a reliable and innovative UV ballast water treatment disinfection system.

    About Evoqua Water Technologies
    Evoqua Water Technologies is a leader in water and wastewater treatment products, systems and services for industrial, marine and municipal customers. Its comprehensive, cost-effective and reliable treatment systems and services reduce fresh water demand, ensure uninterrupted quantity and quality of water, and enable regulatory and environmental compliance. With a wide range of proven product brands and advanced water and wastewater treatment technologies, mobile and emergency water supply solutions and service contract options, Evoqua helps cities provide clean water and industrial plants to maintain productivity and profitability.


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