The Defence Materiel Organisation has awarded Goltens Worldwide three contracts for the engineering and turnkey installation of sixteen Optimarin Ballast Systems (OBS) on ten of the Royal Netherlands Navy's (RNLN) vessels.
Goltens Green Technologies will engineer and install the UV-based Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTSs) on board the RNLN's vessels during 2016 and 2017.
Ballast Water Management Convention and USCG Approval
Optimarin’s DNV-GL type approved system is fully compliant with the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention, which is currently just shy of the 35 per cent of global tonnage it requires for ratification, and holds an AMS certificate from the USCG. In addition, it is now in the final stages of full USCG approval, having satisfied all marine water tests, with certification expected in the second half of 2016.
Naval Vessels to be Fitted with Ballast Water Treatment Systems
Landing Platform Dock (LPD) vessels HNLMS Rotterdam and HNLMS Johan de Witt, the frigates HNLMS Tromp, HNLMS Evertsen, HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën and HNLMS De Ruyter as well as special purpose vessels MOV Van Kinsbergen, HNLMS Pelikaan, HNLMS Luymes and HNLMS Snellius will all be fitted with ballast treatment systems during their scheduled maintenance periods.
Picture: The HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Shonna Cunningham).
