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Wärtsilä Wins Four Vessel Ballast Water System Order
Wärtsilä has won a contract to supply its AQUARIUS UV ballast water management systems (BWMS) to four platform supply vessels (PSVs) for Tidewater Marine, L.L.C., the company announced in a press release today.
The PSVs are due for delivery from the COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard in 2014, and Wärtsilä said it will deliver the first 250m3/hr capacity unit in January 2013 and then at two-month intervals as part of a contract it signed with COSCO shipyard in August.
The system provides treatment of ballast water in a two stage process involving filtration and ultra-violet irradiation.
The company said its AQUARIUS UV technology was favoured over the alternative AQUARIUS EC system, which last week passed the first stage in the International Maritime Organsation's (IMO) approval process, "due to owner technology preferences and more favourable space, power and cost constraints on this ship application."
"This contract is our first commercial order for PSVs and the selection of a Wärtsilä ballast water management system by Tidewater Marine, L.L.C. underlines confidence in our ability to deliver in this emerging market," said Dr Joe Thomas, Director, Ballast Water Management Systems, Wärtsilä Environmental Solutions.
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