Optimarin has secured a two-system contract with Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS), a US company based in Wisconsin.
The agreement covers the installation of two 500 m³/h capacity Optimarin Ballast Systems (OBS) on a 185,000-barrel capacity clean products barge, for delivery in November 2017.
It’s a deal that has been signed as the OBS BWMS awaits imminent USCG approval. Optimarin submitted its final documentation for USCG type approval in late September 2016.
Tore Andersen, Optimarin CEO said: “The USCG development is really pushing awareness of our offer onto another level though, with sales up over 200% year-on-year and around 120 systems ordered in 2016 alone.
Optimarin has received orders for nearly 500 of its environmentally friendly UV-based systems. Orders received span a wide range of shipowners, operators and yards this year, including Atlantis Tankers, Vard Group, Saga Shipholding, Fisherman’s Finest, Solvang ASA, and Carisbrooke.
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