Chelsea Technologies announces further significant wash water monitor order from Fuji Electric

Dr Brian Phillips, Executive Chairman, Chelsea Technologies, commented:

“It is imperative that shipowners have a in-built capability to allow them to monitor and manage wash water in an accurate, fail safe, simple and efficient way, providing peace of mind and assurance, but also – vitally – offering a tangible recourse for shipowners and operators with legislators such as Port State Control, as well as insurers, charterers and financiers. For scrubber manufacturers, installing monitoring technology in their units provides reassurance to shipowners making this significant investment that they have the capability to monitor and manage wash water and provide proof that they are compliant. This is not only good risk management, but can add to the bottom line in making shipowners and operators more attractive to charterers.”

Current IMO guidelines do not contain any limits for the concentrations of metals in wash water discharge, although the IMO requests that shipowners sample and analyse wash water for a suite of metals. Through having a robust monitoring mechanism in place, shipowners and operators will have access to the information they need to allow them to take action that will prevent the ingress of contaminants through the discharge of scrubber wash water.

Dr Phillips continued:

“Crucially for shipowners and operators, Chelsea’s Sea Sentry system is not a black box that is delivered and forgotten. We see it as implicit to work directly with scrubber manufacturers, shipowners and operators to manage the installation and operation of the system, and our support is constantly at hand to interpret and apply the data that will ultimately prove compliance.”

Chelsea is a leading global provider of highly advanced sensors and systems that perform a crucial role in providing accurate and reliable testing for compliance with environmental regulations. The company has taken all available measures to verify that Sea Sentry provides accurate and robust data to demonstrate compliance with IMO Annex VI wash water discharge regulations, underpinning the company’s commitment to achieving type approval for all of its systems