Bilge Cleaning System Meets IMO Regulations

01 May 2004

Sweden based Marinfloc AB claims to be the first and only company currently manufacturing an Emulsion Breaking Bilge Water Cleaning System (EBBWCS) that gives shipowners and shipyards a solution to fulfil the new IMO environmental regulations for newbuilding which come into force on 1 January 2005. 

HNS Convention Sneaking Up On Ports

01 May 2004

London law firm Lawrence Graham says shipping is focusing on complying with ISPS requirements while another soon to be enforced Convention, which will have major ramifications for all aspects of shipping, goes largely unnoticed. Writing in the latest issue of Shipping Lawgram , the firm's shipping partner Imogen Rumbold says the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention 1996 is likely to come into force in the next two years. 

'Baby' Bilge Water Separator Suitable for Workboats

01 May 2004

Earlier this year Westfalia Separator launched its new WTC 2 high speed centrifuge for separating oil from bilge water down to 5ppm. The new machine can treat up to 1m 3/hr of oily water and is well suited for small vessel applications such as port and harbour workboats. 

'Polkitten's Are Slick In the Oil

01 May 2004

In the continuing agitated wake of the Prestige disaster, Ro-Clean Desmi and its Madrid representative SENTEC have delivered a third specialised oil spill control vessel to Spain.