You can improve the draft, stability and strength of your ship by using ballast water.
In order to ensure that the ballast of your ship is not harmful to the ecosystems, you have a great interest in what is called a ballast water treatment installation in the shipping sector. You can read more about it here.
Every sea-going vessel now has to take ecosystems into account. Especially when it comes to ballast water. The large amount of ballast water that is transported all over the world every year comes from various places. From different ports, rivers and seas.
When your ship then arrives somewhere to take a new load, it is not allowed to unload the same ballast water there - elsewhere in the world. This way you can spread organisms in other waters. Organisms that can cause damage in other ecosystems. And of course you want to prevent that.
Not only do you want to prevent this, but according to the ballast water management plan you even have to prevent it. You can do this by exchanging ballast water on the open deep sea (BWE, or Ballast Water Exchange). But it can also be much simpler than that. You can also opt for a ballast water treatment system. This destroys the organisms and sediment, so that the ballast of your ship is no longer harmful to the eco-systems.
Reikon is the exclusive supplier of OceanGuard in the Netherlands. In other words, the ballast water treatment plant of the Chinese manufacturer Headway Technologies. This system uses advanced oxidation by means of electrolysis. This is also called AEOP (Advanced Electrocatalysis Oxidation Process).
But what exactly does that mean? In this process, powerful particles, also known as hydroxyl radicals, are created. These particles destroy bacteria, viruses and other micro-organisms. The particles exist for only a few nanoseconds and leave only CO2, H20 and inorganic minerals as the end product.
The result? The ingested water can - after passing through this process - be safely thrown overboard. And so the ballast of your ship no longer poses any danger to ecosystems. The special features of this system:
Do you want to be sure that the ballast of your ship will not pose a threat to people and nature? Make sure you provide your ship with a reliable ballast water treatment system. We will gladly provide you with advice in this area!