(With video) Damen Green Solutions’ InvaSave technology has completed shipboard testing onboard the Henrike Schepers.
During the shipboard tests, ballast water was taken in untreated and the efficacy of the technology was validated upon discharge. These tests have shown that the InvaSave is capable of providing an IMO type approved backup in a port in the event of a failure in a vessel’s onboard treatment systems to uptake or discharge ballast water.
It can even serve as a port-based alternative for those ship owners that may not want to retrofit an onboard treatment system or be deployed in a port with a sudden outbreak of marine pests. Groningen Seaports is the first port to provide this ballast water treatment service.
Inside the Damen Invasave 300.
IMO D2-Standard
The results of the InvaSave test meet the D2-Standard of the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention on all aspects. This includes the test series conducted with the high sediment waters of the River Hull and the River Thames, UK.
An overall and important principle is that the system is robust, and works under all relevant circumstances, regardless of the composition of the ballast water. Test protocols are in line with IMO BWMC test guidelines and additional requirements of the Dutch flag state. All testing was conducted by MEA-nl.
Mobile Container
Damen can deliver the InvaSave technology in a self-sufficient mobile container, which can be put onboard a service barge or moved around the port on a trailer or a pontoon. The system uses innovative filtering and UV technology and does not contain chemicals or hazardous substances.
IMO type approval is expected to be obtained this year and a patent is pending.
