DESMI BWTS Earns USCG AMS Acceptance

DESMI Ocean Guard A/S announced that its RayCleanTM Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) earned Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance from the United States Coast Guard (USCG).

DESMI Ocean Guard are pleased to announce that the RayCleanTM BWTS was granted AMS acceptance by the USCG on January 30’th 2015. The AMS acceptance covers all salinities ranging from freshwater to marine water, something that only 8 out of 52 issued AMS acceptances have achieved to date.

In addition, the RayCleanTM BWTS AMS acceptance contains no limitation with regard to temperature of the water to be treated. The acceptance also covers the record setting wide UV-Transmission range, which the RayCleanTM system has been proven capable of dealing with. This means the RayCleanTMsystem can treat extremely dirty and unclear water that no other UV system on the market today is approved for. In short, the accepted capability of the RayCleanTM system to deal with any kind of water you can expect to encounter in global trade is outstanding and un-matched in the Industry.

The development of the RayCleanTM BWTS was based upon experience from the development and testing of DESMI’s OxyCleanTM BWTS, which was the first system in the world to receive the IMO and AMS Approvals in all water salinities. During the development of the RayCleanTM BWTS focus has been on developing a system that is simple, will work in all salinities and temperatures, and in the most challenging unclear water conditions. Furthermore, the challenges above should be met by use of the lowest possible power consumption.

The proven and certified performance of the RayCleanTM system is a testimony that all ambitions have been fulfilled. Something that DESMI Ocean Guard experiences is requested by an increasing number of Shipowners: “The general awareness about limitations of type approved ballast water treatment systems is growing amongst shipowners. They have realized that the risk associated with having a BWTS on a vessel, which is not approved for treatment of water with low salinity or low temperature, is not acceptable. It can lead to fines, detainments in port and ultimately require installation of a new system”, explains Rasmus Folsø, CEO of DESMI Ocean Guard A/S.

The USCG AMS acceptance is an interim acceptance that is valid 5 years after the date where a given vessel must be equipped with a USCG type approved ballast water treatment system. These dates are defined in the USCG Final Rule regarding discharge of ballast water, which entered into force in June 2012.

DESMI Ocean Guard is already working on obtaining a full USCG type approval for the RayCleanTM BWTS system. All the required testing has been completed according to both IMO guidelines and USCG requirements, and under the supervision of DNV, which is a USCG recognized Independent Lab. This means we are in pole position for obtaining USCG type approval for the RayCleanTM system.