Ballast Water Management Systems

Invasive species devastating the marine environment: we can find dramatic examples all around the world! Unfortunately, ballasting and deballasting practices of the past have contributed to this. At Wärtsilä Water & Waste we believe that the most effective way to stop the spread of ballast water invasive species is to prevent their introduction.

To accomplish this, our team of engineers has developed two lines of Acquarius® Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) that enable our customers to meet their global ballast water discharge regulatory obligations. Both technical solutions, one based on filter UV and the other on filter side stream electro-chlorination (EC), have achieved IMO, UGA and USCG (type) approvals. Both technologies hold several class and hazardous area approvals and guarantee maximum flexibility and choice to our customer.