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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced
completion of work to install a ballast water treatment system on the
very large crude oil carrier (VLCC) Libra Trader at Keppel Shipyard in
Singapore. On January 10, the company announced plans to install the
system on a VLCC ahead of IMO installation compulsion. MOL is the first
Japanese shipping company to install such a system for existing VLCC.
Keppel Shipyard has timely delivered the vessel as committed and Libra
Trader has already returned to service, and the ballast water treatment
system will be tested and adjusted during operation.
This is also the first installation case to be completed at Singapore,
the center of repair and conversion industry of the VLCC.
In case of oil tanker, most of the ballast water treatment system is
required to be installed in the pump room, which is very narrow and
small, and thus requires very high levels of safety and process
management. Thorough discussions with the shipyard at every stage of the
system installation, from preparation and planning through completion,
helped make the work go smoothly. Based on the knowledge and knowhow
gained from this installation project, MOL will develop future plans for
even smoother execution of planning and installation work.
Ballast water discharged while loading cargo carries marine organisms
around the world and can have a negative impact on marine ecosystems and
biodiversity. This has become a subject of global concern since the
late 1980s. Accordingly, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
adopted the Ballast Water Management Convention in February 2004, and
its ratification is under way.
The project to install the system on the VLCC is part of MOL's approach to "contribution to conservation of biodiversity," which is one of the company's environmental strategic targets. MOL continually forges ahead to offer transport solutions that put less burden on the global and marine environments. MOL is also preparing to ensure compliance with the Ballast Water Management Convention by accumulating experience in system installation and operation.
The project to install the system on the VLCC is part of MOL's approach to "contribution to conservation of biodiversity," which is one of the company's environmental strategic targets. MOL continually forges ahead to offer transport solutions that put less burden on the global and marine environments. MOL is also preparing to ensure compliance with the Ballast Water Management Convention by accumulating experience in system installation and operation.
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