HANSA 06-2019

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BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT
DESMI wins frame agreement for Sea Tankers fleet
French company Sea Tankers has selected DESMI
Ocean Guard’s CompactClean Ballast Water Management
System (BWMS) for installation on their existing
fleet of vessels, and also appointed DESMI to undertake
the engineering for the retrofit installations. The first
three vessels will be retrofitted with BWMS in 2019, the
rest will follow in the subsequent years. All vessels will
be retrofitted with a CompactClean-750 system installed
in a container on the deck. This solution has been chosen
because these tankers have submerged ballast pumps,
and hence no pump room where the BWMS can be installed.
The CompactClean BWMS for Sea Tankers are
EX certified versions approved for the installation in hazardous
areas on tankers. DESMI will supply the complete
package consisting of BWMS equipment together
with an engineering package including manufacturing
drawings of piping, pipe supports, foundations etc.
LLOYD’S REGISTER
HMD receives approval for LNG-fuelled MR tanker design
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has received approval
in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for an LNGfuelled
50,000 dwt class MR tanker design. To aid compliance
with the global sulphur in fuel oil limit, which comes
into effect on 1 January 2020, HMD has been focusing on
LNG-fuelled ships as part of its plans to meet the market’s
needs with environmentally friendly, commercially viable
and innovative designs. HMD has incorporated an LNGfuelled
propulsion system into its most successful design,
following technical cooperation with LR, ensuring that the
design complies with the new IGF code as well as LR’s Gas
Fuelled Rules. HMD is now reviewing various other ship types
for LNG-fuelled application, such as bulk carriers and
container ships. LR adopted a risk-based approach to review
the novel design and facilitated a high-level hazard identification
(HAZID) workshop for the LNG fuel supply system
in accordance with the LR ShipRight Procedure for Risk
Based Designs. The concept design was reviewed in conjunction
with the result of the HAZID workshop, requiring
several actions and recommendations, before receiving AiP.
• Drahtseile • Tauwerk • Festmacher
• CASAR Bordkranseile • Anschlagmittel
• Prüflasttest bis 1.000 t
• Segelmacherei • Taklerei • Montage
Walter Hering KG
Porgesring 25
22113 Hamburg
Telefon: 040 – 73 61 72 -0
eMail: info@seil-hering.de
www.seil-hering.de
PORTABLE BALLAST WATER TESTING
Chelsea Technologies selected
The Federal Public Service (FPS) Mobility and Transport,
the arm of the Belgium government responsible for
shipping, has selected Chelsea Technologies to provide
benchmark portable testing for compliance with ballast water
standards. This follows the Belgium government’s decision
to begin testing vessels calling at its ports to ensure they
can demonstrate compliance with the IMO’s Ballast Water
Management Convention, representing one of the first European
nations to enforce this mandate. FastBallast will be deployed
as a benchmark testing device to conduct spot checks
on indicative sampling of vessels in any Belgium port, allowing
Port State Control (PSC) to target vessels for laboratory
compliance testing.
72 HANSA International Maritime Journal 06 | 2019