Damen has sent an InvaSave 300 Mobile Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to be used for a demonstration programme.
The demonstration is part of the “Atlantic Blue Port Services” project, made possible by the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Land-based Ballast Water Management System
Upon arriving in the port of Las Palmas, the unit will be connected to a vessel’s ballast water manifold to take on the no-longer needed water and treat it to the strict D2-standard as prescribed by the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention. Damen's InvaSave is the world’s only land-based ballast water management system that is IMO-certified to carry out such a job in a single treatment step, without any holding times or use of chemicals.
Atlantic Blue Port Services
The Atlantic Blue Port Services programme is a cooperation between close to thirty project partners from Spain, Portugal, France, the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. It intends to promote and develop the feasibility of, and best practices for, port reception and treatment facilities. The aim is to drastically reduce oil and polluted ballast water discharge at sea.
