08/09/2014at 15:20

Shipyard giant picks three ballast water system suppliers

Major Ducth shipyard group Damen has signed agreements with three suppliers who will become steady suppliers of ballast water treatment systems when Damen retrofits.

BY LOUISE VOGDRUP-SCHMIDT

Damen has signed partnership agreements with three suppliers, Trojan Marinex, Bio-UV and Evqua Water Technologies to supply ballast water treatment (BWT) systems to be installed on ships retrofitted by Damen.

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