Ukrainian maritime group Nibulon has awarded Aco Marine to deliver three of its smallest Clarimar wastewater treatment units.
At Nibulon Shipbuilding and Repair Yard they will be installed aboard a series of high specification project tugs. Victor Zhigalenko, Sales Director ACO M[ds_preview]arine Systems, said: »This is an important reference for ACO Marine in the tug and workboat sector. The Clarimar units we have delivered to the Nibulon yard are the smallest units we manufacture. Tugs typically have small machinery spaces so the Clarimar MF 0.5 is perfectly suited for this type of vessel.«
Nibulon, Ukraine’s leading exporter of agricultural products, grains and fertilizers with a history dating back to the nineteenth century, entered the shipbuilding and repair sector in 2012, following the acquisition and development of a yard on the Southern Bug River, near the company’s trans-shipment terminal, in Mykolayiv.
Three 1200hp tugboats, built to the yard’s 121M Project Tug design, will be delivered to Nibulon’s own account for barge assist operations on the Ukraine’s network of inland waterways. Each vessel will feature a Clarimar MF-0.5 wastewater management system, proving a treatment capacity of up to 1.2m3 per day from a system with footprint of just 1.63m2.
According to Aco‘s Managing Director Mark Beavis, it is the first order the comnpany secured to supply Ukraine-built vessels. »It will help us increase our leverage in both the workboat sector and Ukraine’s nascent shipbuilding and repair industry«, he added.
