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Delay in a selection of Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS) reduces available options. The deadline for BWTS to comply with IMO revised G8 type approval guidelines is rapidly approaching. A revised G8 certificate is required for any system that will be installed on or after 28 October 2020.

Albion Marine advises our clients at this time to concentrate their selection efforts on systems, which already approved under IMO revised G8 type approval guidelines.With six months to go and slow down in the global production of BWTS, options are becoming more and more limited. Many factors will affect the selection: CAPEX, system operational limitations, power requirements, footprint, maintainability, customer support, and of course, OPEX. The OPEX will significantly depend on the vessel’s operational profile and vessel type. The graph below depict a projected cost expenditure for a specific vessel. Please contact Albion Marine if you need a quick and reliable commercial and technical feasibility study for the selection of BWTS for your vessel.

 Our team thanks seafarers for their hard work during this crisis. Albion Marine's project manager, Mr. Melvin Mathews, executed a job on the Port of Vancouver during COVID-19 crisis.

While the world trade has been hit hard by COVID19, surprisingly, Albion Marine is getting more busy with local projects. Our team is attending vessels for 3D Scan and BWTS pre-installation survey in the Port of Vancouver and expanding our services on the Canadian West Coast.

The pandemic has slowed down BWTS and scrubber retrofits worldwide. Albion Marine is pleased to report that the crisis did not affect the support provided to our clients. Our local site teams continue to render engineering, site supervision, project management and troubleshooting services. In time of uncertainties we extend our help to many engineering companies with independent and highly efficient 3D scanning services