Wärtsilä has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Jiujiang Precision Measuring Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). In a nutshell:
- The 6-year agreement will give CSSC access to technology and the rights to manufacture Wärtsilä’s Aquarius ballast water treatment system for CSSC newbuildings and retrofit projects.
- CSSC’s new manufacturing facility will be opened up to Wärtsilä to facilitate support supply and demand for the BWMS direct to Wärtsilä customers.
- The modular BWMS uses electrochlorination technology to treat ballast water.
- Wärtsilä is seeking Type Approval from the United States Coast Guard for its BWMS. It currently holds USCG Alternate Management Acceptance certification and IMO Type Approval.
- The agreement comes a year before the entry into force of the Ballast Water Management Convention on September 8, 2017, which will require approximately 30,000[1] BWMS retrofits.
[1] Clarksons Research, figure stated at the Fathom and UK Chamber of Shipping Ballast Water Management Implementation Forum in November 2016.
For more information, read the press release here.
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