[060711.EN.SEA] MOL Ozone-Based Ballast Water Treatment System Is Certified

MITSUI OSK Lines (MOL) has announced that FineBallast OZ, an ozone-based ballast water treatment system co-developed by the group and MOL Marine Consulting have been awarded a certificate of compliance from the Japanese government.

The system was audited based on guidelines set out in the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (G8), adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

Certification required a full scale on land test of the system by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding and a shipboard test on the MOL-operated container vessel, the MOL Express. Both tests verified the system completely conforms to the ballast water treatment standard.

The system also acquired the final approval under the "Procedure for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems that Make Use of Active Substances (G9)" by the IMO at the end of September 2010, a company statement said.

Source : HKSG, 02.07.11.