28 EQUIPMENT REVIEW


Pollution control company seeks partners


This EcoTank service baarge is 6.5 m (21 ft) in length.


T


o help keep the water blue, EcoTank is appealing for partners to participate in building the first global


waste management solution and services provider for marinas, harbours and yacht moorings wherever it is required. Since 2008, EcoTank has


successfully serviced the most


prestigious marinas and yachting harbours of the world to keep their waters blue! This French company has now introduced an ‘EcoTank Partner’ program, which is believed to be the first eco-friendly franchise business opportunity. From Monaco to St Tropez on


the French Riviera, EcoTank mobile waste management service barges


collect liquid and solid waste from yachts to prevent the pollution that would result from discharge into the Mediterranean! EcoTank has developed the most


efficient pollution control and waste management mobile pump- out service barge. Since its launch, EcoTank barges have collected over 100 million litres of grey and black


Marine piling to replace timber


The Ecopile is a patent-pending, vinyl-fibreglass composite marine piling designed and produced for the marine contracting industry by Shoreline Plastics, which recognises the growing environmental resistance to pressure-treated timber in marinas, as well as the shortening lifespan of timber piles due to the activities of marine borers. The product is free from any


leaching pollutants, impervious to MARINA INDUSTRY • APRIL 2020


wood-boring organisms and 100% recyclable. It has a hexagram design, which is extruded as an internal webbing to enhance its structural properties as all the triangles work together to make the piling stronger and stiffer, whilst helping to reduce weight and cost. The hollow inside also enables marina operators to run wiring and pipes through the piling, giving their facility a neater, more


finished appearance. The bottom section of the piling that is driven into the bed of the dock has a spiral groove cut into it. This groove allows sand to settle into the piling, locking it into the ground and making it significantly harder to be pulled out during heavy storms. The grooves, in conjunction with the internal webs, create a huge surface area for skin friction, thus allowing individual piles to bear


more weight without the risk of settling any deeper. Shoreline Plastics aporter@shorelineplastics.com www.shorelineplastics.com


waters from yachts. On the French Riviera alone, the EcoTank service barge collects over 6.5 million litres of waste every year. The company’s new ambition is


to keep the water blue through the ‘EcoTank Partner’ program. EcoTank contact@ecotank-worldwide.com www.ecotank-worldwide.com


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