First Classnk Approved Installation Technology News

23 Jan 2013

Container Loaded BWT Gets ClassNK Approval

Concept Approval of Installation for Packaged Container Ballast Water Treatment System in Cargo Hold.

MHI and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Co-develop Japan's First ClassNK Approved Installation Technology for Container-Type Ballast Water Treatment System -- Will Enable Faster BWTS Retrofitting and Deployment. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), working jointly with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), has developed installation technology of a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) enclosed in a standard-size freight container in the hold of container ships. The system using container-type BWTS design is the first to receive the concept approval from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK)*.