A contract has been signed between BLRT Grupp and the Dutch shipping company Spliethoff’s Bevrachtingskantoor for modernization of F-type ships with a deadweight up to 12,500 tons.
Key Points of the agreement
The highlights of the agreement include installation of scrubbers (systems for cleaning exhaust gases) and ballast water treatment systems on six ships of the company.
Earlier, an agreement was signed to equip company’s 14 ships of S –type with deadweight up to 21,500 tons with ballast water treatment systems.
Andrejus Babachinas, Chairman of the Council of Directors of BLRT Repair Yards said, “Work on modernization of ships has already begun and will continue until the beginning of 2020. During this time, most of the ships of the Spliethoff company will be re-equipped at the BLRT Grupp shipyards in Tallinn and Klaipeda”.
BWMS Convention
The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, entered into force on 8 September 2017. According to the convention, all ships involved in international navigation are required to replace ballast water or to purify these waters to prevent or minimize the possibility of intrusion of non-indigenous organisms.
Framework for modernization
Within the framework of modernization projects a technology solution of GloEn-Patrol from Panasia, the world’s leading and the biggest manufacturer of ballast water treatment systems, is applied. These systems are one of the most environmentally friendly technology solutions to be applied on any type of vessel.
The South Korean company Panasia is a long-term partner of BLRT Grupp. The test center has been set up at the Group’s shipyard in Tallinn to demonstrate the possibilities of technological solution of GloEn-Patrol to the customers and for the personnel’s training.
Spliethoff’s Bevrachtingskantoor B.V. is a Dutch shipping company, founded in 1921. The fleet of the company includes about 50 modern multifunctional vessels with a deadweight of 12,000 to 23,000 tons. Euploia Drydocks and Services Ltd is exclusively representing the BLRT Grupp in Greece.
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Source: Nafsgreen
