Cathelco supplies equipment to US
Chesterfield manufacturer Cathelco has won a contract to supply its specialist water treatment system for a new offshore vessel built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group for Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC of New Orleans.
The Harvey Stone (Hull 234), with a length of 64.8m and 18m beam, is due to be delivered in the second quarter of this year.
Cathelco’s ballast water treatment (BWT) system can operate effectively in the most challenging water conditions and automatically adjusts to different sea water qualities.
Peter Smith, sales director of Cathelco said:-
“We are one of the few BWT system manufacturers using UV technology that has no restrictions on the salinities in which ships can operate in U.S. waters. Our system has been approved and accepted to work in marine, brackish and fresh water, allowing vessels to enter the Great Lakes and other inland waterways.”
The equpment’s space-saving UV chambers are some of the smallest on the market. Each unit is a twin chamber with only two lamps (100m3/hr per lamp) and is designed to make the sea water flow along one side and then the other – doubling UV exposure.
The system also boasts an innovative, non-chemical cleaning system which prevents damage to equipment as it has no mechanical parts, but instead uses special cleaning balls to remove any residue.
