DESMI BWTS for Maersk Line

DESMI Ocean Guard will supply Maersk Line with 14 RayClean ballast water treatment systems for a series of new container vessels to be built at Cosco Zhoushan shipyard in China.

It is expected that the ballast water treatment systems will be delivered by 2016 and 2017. The order is for seven vessels each equipped with two RayClean 500 BWTS, with options for two additional vessels.

The RayClean system uses low pressure UV, which DESMI says has low power consumption. Its system is automatic and can be integrated into existing ship automation systems.

The system has passed all the required testing for US Coast Guard type approval, and a full type approval application was submitted to the USCG earlier this year.

Michael Heimann from Maersk Line said: “We are comfortable that DESMI Ocean Guard can deliver the right system for this project.”

Rasmus Folsø, chief executive of DESMI Ocean Guard, commented: “Total Cost of Ownership analyses have shown us that the RayClean system will provide considerable operational cost savings to Maersk Line compared to competing systems, due to the low power consumption and long lifetime of the UV lamps. The RayClean system has also secured a certificate for use in all salinities and down to extremely low UV transmission levels not matched by any other system on the market.”