Installation of a BWTS on board a VLCC

Ship&Offshore | Issue 06/2012

Installation of a BWTS on board a VLCC

June 2012 | Chris McMenemy

INERT GAS There are many challenges when installing a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) on an existing vessel. In the following, Chris McMenemy, general manager at UK-based Cleanship Solutions Ltd (CSS), describes the process of retrofitting the VLCC Alfa Glory with a sophisticated inert-gas BWTS.

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