OceanSaver finalises USCG testing
OceanSaver has finalised all testing required for the US Coast Guard (USCG) type-approval application of ballast water management systems.
In close co-operation with shipowner CSL, OceanSaver concluded testing along the Pacific coast of North America, facing a range of demanding conditions. All tests met USCG’s requirements.
“We are very pleased to announce completion of all tests as part of the USCG test programme. We successfully completed shipboard tests as scheduled on 5 May. Component testing was finalised shortly afterwards – and all tests have been confirmed to meet all USCG requirements. We expect to finalise the formal application within beginning of June, thus being among the very first BWTS vendors to submit an official application to the US Coast Guard,” says OceanSaver chief executive Helle Hundseid.
The ship-board testing – carried out on board the CSL bulk carrier Sheila Ann’s 2x2000 m3h capacity system – was initiated at the end of summer 2015. OceanSaver’s ballast water treatment system has, as per the requirements, been in operation by the ship’s crew continuously throughout the testing period along the vessel’s trade route. The route included the saline and brackish water ports of San Francisco Bay, San Marco in Mexico and Tacoma, WA, USA as well as various fresh water ports on the US pacific coast – challenging the OceanSaver BWT system to a range of highly varying conditions without disrupting the daily operation of the vessel.
Source: ballastwatermanagement.co.uk
