MOL TESTS MICROPLASTICS COLLECTION SYSTEM WHILST AT SEA
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines recently completed testing on a new device developed with Miura Co. that can continuously collect microplastics from seawater while a vessel is underway. The device, which builds on the companies’ previous efforts to filter microplastics while vessels are on dock, was demonstrated recently on the MOL-operated car carrier Emerald Ace.
With the aim of collecting microplastics, which are increasingly polluting the world’s oceans, MOL and Miura have been working together to design devices that capture the small plastic particles contained in seawater. The first system launched in November 2020 collects and traps the participles with a filter with a backwashing function, which is incorporated into the ballast water treatment system. Ballast water being treated for release passes through a fine filer that traps the plastics before the waters leave the vessel. After a successful test on a wood chip carrier, MOL has installed the system on five vessels, including three bulk carriers and two wood chip carriers. While these vessels are unloading ports, the systems treat a total of about 16,000 m3 of seawater.
On the Emerald Ace, microplastics were continuously collected while sailing, by connecting the system to the cooling seawater line, which always draws in seawater. This gives the system an annual seawater treatment capacity about 70 times that of the previous device.
WORLD’S LARGEST CONTAINERSHIP DELIVERED
A subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is reported to have delivered the world’s largest containership in Shanghai. Named Ever Alot, the vessel has a carrying capacity of a massive 24,004 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), which gives her the unofficial world record-holder title. The vessel measures 400 meters long by 61.5 meters wide and a draft of 17 meters.
Ever Alot was delivered by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of CSSC, to a subsidiary of Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine
Corporation. The vessel is the seventh in what is called the Evergreen A class and the first ship in the class - and the world - to surpass the 24,000 TEU mark.
METSTRADE AND WATER REVOLUTION FOUNDATION PUT SPOTLIGHT ON VERIFIED SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
METSTRADE, the world’s greatest exhibition and networking event for B2B leisure marine equipment suppliers and buyers, is further building on its consistent efforts to promote best practice in sustainability across the sector.
In addition to other initiatives, this year’s show will introduce a ‘Superyacht Sustainability Route’ in collaboration with the Water Revolution Foundation. Focused on the superyacht industry, this new initiative will indicate exhibitors on the METSTRADE 2022 show floor who have passed the Foundation’s rigorous Life Cycle Assessment with a verified entry in its Database of Sustainable Solutions.
Image credit: METSTRADE
Water Revolution Foundation is a public benefit organisation, based in the Netherlands. It grew out of a small group of superyacht industry leaders who shared a belief that the industry must change course to better look after the planet and guarantee its future. The Foundation was launched on stage at The Superyacht Forum in 2018, held next door to METSTRADE in RAI Amsterdam.
METSTRADE takes place in Amsterdam from 15-17 November. More details at
https://bit.ly/3IAInSo.
The Report • September 2022 • Issue 101 | 13
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