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Anglo-Eastern, Optimarin, Saga join hands for Manila-based BWT training facility

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management has built and opened a new ballast water treatment (BWT) training facility in Manila, the Philippines and partnered with Optimarin and Saga Shipholding on the trainings.

Lee Hong Liang, Asia Correspondent

March 24, 2017

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The BWT training resource facility for crews came in the wake of the ratification of the IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, with the regulation set to enter into force in September this year.

The facility, which opened this month, features a fully functional Optimarin Ballast System (OBS), with a special pump house, piping, and practical and classroom-based learning environments.

Open hatch shipowner Saga, which has installed Optimarin Ballast Systems throughout its entire fleet of 32 advanced vessels, provided logistics support for the project.

“Now that the BWM convention has finally come into force, every applicable vessel in the world fleet requires a compliant BWT system,” commented Tore Andersen, ceo of BWT manufacturer Optimarin.

“With this in mind, we think the move by Anglo-Eastern to create this dedicated facility, in one of the world’s recognised centres for maritime talent, is exactly what shipowners and operators are crying out for,” Andersen added.

The Manila facility becomes the second Anglo-Eastern Ship Management school to house an OBS, after a sister unit was installed, also in collaboration with Saga, in the firm’s Mumbai centre in 2015.

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Lee Hong Liang

Asia Correspondent

Singapore-based Lee Hong Liang provides a significant boost to daily coverage of the Asian shipping markets, as well as bringing with him an in-depth specialist knowledge of the bunkering markets.

Throughout Hong Liang’s 14-year career as a maritime journalist, he has reported ‘live’ news from conferences, conducted one-on-one interviews with top officials, and had the ability to write hard news and featured stories.

 

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