United States Coast Guard grants AMS acceptance for Wärtsilä's AQUARIUS®UV Ballast Water Management System
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Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 18 November 2013 at 10 am EET
Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, has
been granted Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance for its AQUARIUS®UV
Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) by the United States Coastguard (USCG).
This allows all US and foreign flag ships fitted with the Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV
BWMS to operate in US territorial waters and to discharge its treated ballast
water for an interim period of up to 5 years from the ship specific
implementation date.
AMS acceptance is the first stage towards obtaining full USCG type approval.
Wärtsilä anticipates having all activities necessary to gain full US type
approval completed within the 5 year interim period.
Based on an evaluation of the Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV BWMS test data by the USCG,
AMS acceptance has been granted for use over the full range of water salinities,
i.e. fresh, brackish and sea water. As one of only two AMS accepted systems
without salinity restrictions, the Wärtsilä solution permits ships fitted with
the system to operate in the Great Lakes region, which is important for
operators in this challenging environment.
"AMS acceptance is an important milestone in providing ship owners with a BWMS
that enables true global operations, and is a key part of the Wärtsilä BWMS
Partnership programme, which aims to support our customers in meeting their
environmental compliance objectives," says Joe Thomas, Director, Wärtsilä
Ballast Water Management Systems.
Wärtsilä has already delivered the Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV system for four new
platform supply vessels (PSVs) currently being built for US based Tidewater
Marine LLC, one of the leading providers of offshore service vessels to the
global energy industry. In addition, the Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV system has been
retrofitted to two LPG carriers for Chemgas BV, and is being installed on an LPG
carrier owned by Carbofin SpA currently trading in US waters.
As part of the Wärtsilä Partnership programme, the ship owner has access to
technology choice, offering filtration with either ultra-violet (UV) or electro-
chlorination (EC) ballast water treatment. Wärtsilä is preparing an AMS
application for its AQUARIUS® EC BWMS so as to provide customers with fully
approved technology options upon completion of the approval process.
The Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV
The Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV is a modular ballast water management system involving
filtration and medium pressure UV disinfection technology. It is designed to
provide a safe, flexible and economical process.
The system treats the ballast water using a two stage process. Upon uptake, the
seawater is first passed through a back washing filter (first stage). The
filtered seawater then passes through a UV chamber (second stage) where ultra-
violet light is used to disinfect the water prior to its entering the ballast
tank. Upon discharge, water from the ballast tanks passes through the UV chamber
only for a second time.
Read more:
Wärtsilä press release 15 October 2012 Wärtsilä wins contract to supply
AQUARIUS®UV ballast water management systems to four newbuildings
Wärtsilä press release 21 December 2012 Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV Ballast Water
Management System receives type approval
Wärtsilä press release 7 June 2013 Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV ballast water management
system to be retrofitted to LPG vessel
Image of Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV
For further information please contact:
Dr Joe Thomas
Director, Ballast Water Management Systems
Wärtsilä Ship Power
Tel. +44 7920 476448
joe.thomas(at)wartsila.com
Ms Mirja-Maija Santala
Media Manager
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel. +358 400 793 827
mirja-maija.santala(at)wartsila.com
Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine
and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total
efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the
vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2012, Wärtsilä's net sales
totalled EUR 4.7 billion with approximately 18,900 employees. The company has
operations in nearly 170 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is
listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.
www.wartsila.com
Wärtsilä Newsroom
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