Wastewater streams aboard the two state-of-the-art EcoCoasters Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes is building for Finland’s VG-Shipping will be managed by a bespoke treatment system designed by ACO Marine.
BODEWES SELECTS ACO MARINE’S CLARIMAR FOR NEW ENVIRONMENTALLY-SOUND ECOCOASTERS Wastewater streams aboard the two state-of-the-art EcoCoasters Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes is building for Finland’s VG-Shipping will be managed by a bespoke treatment system designed by ACO Marine. Both 4700dwt EcoCoasters Eeva VG and Mirva VG, due to be delivered this autumn to VG-Shipping, the ship management arm of the Meriaura Group, feature MEPC.227(64)-compliant Clarimar MF-1 treatment plants. Mark Beavis, Managing Director, ACO Marine, said: “These vessels have been designed and built to be the most environmentally-efficient coasters in their class, so we are delighted that the Clarimar MF units have also been specified amongst the array of environmentally-safe solutions designed to meet the owner’s exacting requirements.” Sacha Uittenbogaart, Sales and Marketing Manager with Technisch Bureau Uittenbogaart, ACO Marine’s Netherlands distributor, added: “Both vessels feature systems and technologies designed to reduce substantially the environmental impact of ship operations. As such, the Clarimar MF series is the ideal wastewater solution for operations in ecologically sensitive areas, since it is proven to treat wastewater streams well below the mandatory requirements.” Fully type-approved by Bureau Veritas to meet MEPC 227(64) and EC MED module B, the ACO Clarimar MF can reduce Coliform Bacteria to 25/100ml, TSS to
