The ‘Shipping Oscar’ winning BilgeMaster centrifugal oily water separator (COWS) is proving popular for both newbuilds and retrofits as it minimises a ship’s environmental footprint and ensures fleet managers avoid the fines imposed when oily water discharge exceeds 15ppm 5ppm guidelines as per MEPC 107(49) regulation.

Centrifugal systems in lube oil and fuel systems are already well established, so similar technology for on board oily water separation enables crews to operate BilgeMaster systems with no further training. Also advantageous for vessel owners, BilgeMaster’s simple mechanical operation does not require costly additional chemicals.