Yachting, whether motor or sailing, should be a pleasant activity at sea, however too often unforeseen reasons turn a past time activity into an adventure or into a nightmare.

As the first electrochlorination ballast water treatment system to obtain final USCG type approval certificate in December 2016, OceanSaver is able to offer peace of mind to ship owners by providing a BWTS in full compliance with both US Coast Guard and IMO standards. 

It was back in 1973 when IMO in an embryonic stage, started researching the effects of the spreading of the epidemic disease bacteria through the discharge of ballast water and Sediment, with Resolution 18 of the International Conference on Marine Pollution.

DNV GL has been working with owners and operators to ensure the safe installation of ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) on newbuilds and as part of retrofit projects for many years now.

It started with a conversation in the late 1990’s between two senior-level employees in the pulp and paper industry regarding the use of chlorine dioxide in their industrial processes.

During ballasting process, ballast water is filtrated by an automatic back flush filter, marine organisms larger than 50µm will be removed during this process, then a