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NICO in Cleanship partnership for ballast water treatment and scrubber retrofits

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UAE marine and engineering provider NICO International aims to take greater share of the region's retrofit market for ballast water management and scrubbers through a partnership with Cleanship Solutions in the UK.

NICO has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cleanship Solutions to collaborate on the retrofit of ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) and exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) for vessels in the Gulf and Middle East region.

Demand for retrofits in both areas is taking off due to the Ballast Water Management Convention which comes into force for existing ships from September next year for BWTS, and the 1 Jaunary 2020 sulphur cap for scrubbers.

“Considering the market trends and NICO’s vision of being the best overall Marine & Industrial solutions provider, this partnership with Cleanship Solutions is a significant step for NICO in becoming an even more attractive market player,” said Prakash Kumar, gm of NICO International.

Chris McMenemy, md of Cleanship Solutions, commented: “This new partnership with NICO will further strengthen and broaden the ballast water management and exhaust gas cleaning retrofit market in the Middle East. The highly skilled manpower from NICO combined with the BWTS and EGCS knowledge and retrofit experience from Cleanship Solutions will be sure to give a strong local base in the Middle East – an important supplement to our presence in United Kingdom.”