Anglo Eastern Ship Management has developed a ballast water treatment (BWT) training facility at its Manila base in the Philippines.
Working in conjunction with BWT specialist Optimarin – focused on BWT system technology, supply and global compliance – and Saga Shipholding, an op[ds_preview]en hatch shipowner, Anglo-Eastern has built an essential resource for training crews in the wake of the ratification of the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention.
The facility, which officially opened this month, features a fully functional Optimarin Ballast System (OBS) at its heart, with a special pump house, piping, and practical and classroom-based learning environments. Saga, which has installed OBS systems throughout its entire fleet of 32 advanced vessels, provided logistics support for the project.
Anglo-Eastern’s facility, conveniently located in the Makati central business district of Manila, is available for use by all global clients. It becomes the second Anglo-Eastern Ship Management school to house an OBS, after a sister unit was installed, also in collaboration with Saga, in the firm’s Mumbai centre in 2015.
