Ship&Offshore | Issue 12/2024
Erma First buys Ecochlor
System provider | Greece-based ballast water system manufacturer, Erma First Group, has acquired Ecochlor, a system producer based in the United States. The deal establishes one of the largest system providers. Ecochlor’s system portfolio comprises a filtration- and ClO2-based system and two versions of the EcoOne™ unit. Earlier this year, one of Greece’s largest shipping groups, Angelicoussis, announced that it would retrofit 36 ships with the Ecochlor product. The acquisition is thought to bring the total number of systems in operation under the Erma First setup close to 4,000...