Eleven container vessels owned by Bernhard Schulte GmbH & Co. KG, based in Germany, are to be retrofitted with Wärtsilä Aquarius Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMSs). This is one of the largest single retrofit contracts thus far issued for BWMS solutions.
The contract was signed in July.
BWMS Retrofit
According to Bernhard Schulte GmbH & Co, following the successful implementation of BWMS on the new buildings delivered since 2012, as well as two pilot retrofits on older tonnage, the company decided to proceed in a proactive manner for the fleet in operation. Currently, the company has 38 of its ships scheduled for BWMS retrofit over the next five years.
The eleven vessels to be retrofitted by Wärtsilä are managed by the affiliate Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement through its offices in Greece, Hong Kong, India and Singapore. All are container carriers and range in size from 2600 to 5600 TEU. Delivery of the Wärtsilä systems will commence this year and will be completed in 2017.
Picture: The Cap Ines will be the first of the Bernhard Schulte fleet to be retrofitted with a Wärtsilä BWMS solution (by shipspotting.com).
