Discounted oil spill equipment for Green Award ports

Green Award scheme has a new incentive provider: a company that offers an efficient and innovative product to clean up oil spills.

Jan Fransen, executive director of the Green Award Foundation; Koos Tamminga, technical director of Foru-Solution; Bert Smit, Sibinga general director of Foru-Solution; Keita Shinohara, certification manager of the Green Award Foundation

Foru-Solution provides an emergency response equipment to limit the damage from an oil spill. It is available in 2 sizes: FORU 340 (a larger version with higher capacity) and FORU 70 (a smaller version that can be handled by 2 people). These FORU systems can be located at strategic locations such as port areas or alongside inland rivers/waterways, so that the oil recovery can take place very quickly in case of an oil spill, minimising its negative effects. The company is currently investigating possibilities to fit these FORU systems on board seagoing ships in the near future, where skilled crew members could also react promptly to respond to accidental oil spills.

Green Award is committed to improving the safety and reducing the environmental impact of shipping and promotes the best practices and efficient safe solutions.

Green Award certified companies will receive a 7% discount on the sales price of the FORU 70 system (skimmer and accessories) (Rental not included). Green Award Incentive Providers (e.g. ports) will receive a 7% discount on the sales price of FORU 70 system, FORU 340 system and oil spill set in a ten foot container.

By Jake Frith