Damen were presented with the ‘Innovation in Port Equipment’ award at the inaugural IHS DPC Dredging and Port Construction Innovation Awards in London this week for their InvaSave ballast water treatment (BWT) system.
The awards’ judging panel selected the mobile ballast water treatment technology as the winner because: “InvaSave’ addresses a long neglected problem, where Damen saw a clear niche in the market. Ballast Water Treatment Systems will be mandatory from next year, but not all vessels will be ready – so having a portside unit that virtually any vessel can plug into, or having one on board, is a perfect, innovative solution!”
The Damen InvaSave system is designed to provide ports with a solution for incoming vessels that either do not have their own onboard BWT systems or have suffered some sort of system failure. With InvaSave technology, the ballast water only needs treating at the point of discharge, in contrast to most fixed onboard installations that also need to treat at intake. The InvaSave system can be supplied as a self-sufficient unit within a container. This can then be mounted on a barge or other platform so as to move around the harbour. Multiple units can be mounted in parallel to increase capacity.
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