Goltens Green Technologies offers UN ballast water convention solutions
2012 05 26
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HOLLAND-based Goltens Green Technologies (GGT) is poised to help shipowners who are concerned about meeting the UN's ballast water convention and sees it "simply as another environmental challenge to be negotiated".
In 2010, ship repair specialists, Goltens, established GGT to be an independent service provider to the BWT market aimed at helping shipowners meet the many new environmental regulations being introduced in the maritime industry.
Complying with the imminent ballast water treatment (BWT) convention is one of the most pressing issues in shipping and it is in this area that GGT is focusing. In barely 1.5 years, GGT has been involved in projects for 20 vessels. Its most recent collaboration with Optimarin and Saga Shipholding (Norway) is doubling this number to 44 vessels.
Thirty-two projects are installing Optimarin's Ballast Systems. Eight vessels are for GulfMark, owners and operators of a modern fleet of offshore support vessels that include: Platform Supply, Anchor Handling Towing Supply and Specialist Subsea Support Vessels.
The remaining 24 vessels are sophisticated open-hatch bulk carriers owned by Saga Shipholding, a subsidiary of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK).
Optimarin provided GulfMark and Saga systems and GGT is installing them. Optimarin technical project manager, Kim Stian Haugland, said the 3D laser technology GGT employs for scanning and modelling to prepare the installation has proven especially effective. "The 3D scanning has become a very important part of initial investigation of ships and installation. More work can be done off the ship, saving time and money and enabling systems to be installed while vessels are in service."
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