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Auramarine at Marintec China 2011 Exhibition

petri.raitio@hollming.com (Petri Raitio) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:30:36 +0000

During 29.11.-02.12.2011 we were pleased to exhibit our Heavy Fuel Oil supply units, Marine Gas Oil handling units and CrystalBallast® Ballast Water Treatment systems with great attraction.
We would like to thank you all for visiting us and looking forward to seeing you soon again!

Auramarine at Kormarine 2011 Exhibition

petri.raitio@hollming.com (Petri Raitio) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:57:55 +0000

17th International Shipbuilding and Marine Exhibition KORMARINE 2011 was held 26 -29th of October in Bexco, Busan, Korea. Auramarine had a stand in Finland Pavilion. During the four days shipowners and shipbuilders from Korea and all over Asia gathered to the exhibition to see over 1200 companies from 45 countries.

Green technology issues were of special interest to the customers. Auramarine's products HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil supply units), MGO (Marine Gas Oil handling unit) and CrystalBallast® (Ballast Water Treatment system) received a good response from the customers.

Auramarine at Neva 2011 Exhibition

webmaster@www.auramarine.com (Päivi Santalainen-Saaros) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:33:04 +0000

Neva 2011 will take place 20-23 September in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is an important meeting place for the global maritime industry. Welcome to visit Auramarine stand R 5182 and here more about our CrystalBallast BWT system and AMB heavy fuel oil supply units.

Auramarine product presentation in Athens 3rd March, 2011

petri.raitio@hollming.com (Petri Raitio) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:04:00 +0000

Auramarine’s agent Cross Technical services Ltd organized seminar for customers at Metropolitan Hotel in Athens, Greece on March 3rd 2011. At the seminar Auramarine presented its products; CrystalBallast® Ballast Water Treatment technology, AMB Feeder Boosters and MGO Handling System.
Present were about 50 customers from Shipping companies and classification societies. Audience was very interested in hearing the latest news of ratification of the IMO Ballast Water Treatment Convention and about Auramarine’s CrystalBallast® for Ballast Water Treatment. Marine Gas Oil handling and Auramarine’s MGO was another current issue for ship owners.

SMM 2010 exhibition

petri.raitio@hollming.com (Petri Raitio) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:32:02 +0000

Auramarine Ltd launched the new CrystalBallast, Ballast water treatment system and MGO Handling System at SMM 2010 exhibition in Hamburg.
The new innovations attracted visitors with great interest. Also the new ecofriendly AMB-Booster unit was available.

See pictures on gallery.

MGO press release

petri.raitio@hollming.com (Petri Raitio) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:24:05 +0000

Click link to download: MGO_press_release

Auramarine reaches a historical milestone

petri.raitio@hollming.com (Petri Raitio) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:42:34 +0000

Milestone-pdf document. Click to open.

Auramarine – new challenger in the market for ballast water treatment systems

kimmo.kiili@lmsaatchi.fi (Kimmo Kiili) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:06:00 +0000

Auramarine Ltd is the world’s leading manufacturer of heavy fuel oil supply systems and other auxiliary units for marine and power station engines. The company is now applying its wide-ranging experience in liquid flows to a new sector that benefits the environment.

Auramarine is bringing out Auramarine Crystal Ballast, Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS). Thanks to technological innovations featured in this system, it is energy-efficient, compact and easy to install. Additionally, Auramarine's solution does not affect the time required for ballasting or de-ballasting operations, or increase the duration of port calls.

With Auramarine Crystal Ballast, extremely promising results have been obtained. The project is currently entering an intensive type approval testing phase. It is progressing on the projected schedule, and the first system type approvals and final products are expected to reach the market in the second half of 2010. With this novelty product, Auramarine is aiming for a remarkable share in the BWTS market. Up to year 2019, the market potential is estimated to be substantial, as around 50,000 ships should be equipped with BWTS.

Broad understanding of ballast treatment

Auramarine has dedicated significant amounts of time and funds to develop a BWT System that can cope with the requirements of various ships and harbours. In the Crystal Ballast project, Auramarine had four main goals: the company was determined to provide the best practical solution for shipowners and yards around the world. The project also strived for comprehensive understanding of ballast water conditions and flows onboard ships, and aimed at a system that could be adjusted and fitted for various vessel types and ballasting operations. Finally, the product had to be competitive as regards its size, weight, energy consumption and cost-effectiveness, both at the time of installation and in operation.

UV-C – ballast water treatment of the future

Auramarine's solution is based on utilising UV-C radiation. The UV-C solution presents indisputable advantages, and the technology concerned is already familiar from such as treating drinking water and wastewater. The advantages of using UV radiation as a disinfection process are clear. This purely physical disinfection process has been tried, tested and proven in many land and marine applications. No harmful by-products are formed in the process, nor does it require the production or storage of chemicals on board. The system presents no danger of overdose or underdose, as only naturally occurring processes are used. The process does not result in any changes in the physical parameters of the water, such as its pH value, temperature, salinity, taste, odour, or colour, and a system based on UV-C technology has a relatively low overall energy consumption.

Destructive invasive species continue to spread with ship ballast waters

Every year, states and the fishing industry incur costs amounting to millions because of alien species that are carried from one water system to another in the ballast water of ships. In February 2004, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) adopted a convention that aims at controlling the spread of harmful alien species carried in ballast waters.

The only way of restricting the further spreading of invasive species through ballast water is to ensure that all states ratify and implement the BWM Convention, and all vessel operators fit appropriate technology on all ships.

For further information, please contact:

Auramarine Ltd, Heikki Saaros, Managing Director, tel: +358 204 86 6032, e-mail: heikki.saaros@auramarine.com

See also our brochure:
Auramarine Crystal Ballast, Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS)