Alfa Laval has signed agreements with two different shipowners for the supply of its PureBallast systems. The systems will be retrofitted on tankers and bulk carriers.

The orders were placed by an unnamed tanker operator in the Middle East and a bulk operator in Europe. They will[ds_preview] time the booking of individual PureBallast orders with the scheduled dry docking of their vessels. Alfa Laval will make the first of its PureBallast system deliveries to the shipowners during the latter part of 2017.

The framework agreements Alfa Laval has signed for PureBallast cover 45 systems and eight systems respectively, many of which will handle a significant ballast water flow. The first order includes 22 systems with capacities of 2,000 m3/h or 3,000 m3/h, while the second order comprises four systems of 1,500 m3/h and an additional four of 3,000 m3/h.

»The Ballast Water Management Convention enters into force on 8 September of this year, and these frame agreements are a clear sign that the ballast water treatment market is moving forward,« says Kristina Effler, Manager Global Business Management, Alfa Laval PureBallast. »Shipowners are beginning to look beyond individual installations towards long-term solutions that will ensure compliance for their entire fleet«, she adds.