Hyde Marine Receives Contracts for BWT Systems

Calgon Carbon subsidiary Hyde Marine has been awarded three contracts to supply 13 Hyde Guardian ballast water treatment systems for use on various vessels.

The systems will use filtration and ultraviolet disinfection to treat ballast water to prevent the spread of invasive species from port to port.

Hyde Marine will supply eight Hyde Guardian systems to multipurpose vessels of China Navigation, which will have a treatment capacity of 500 cubic metres per hour, with delivery to begin in April 2012.

The company’s distributor Hai Cheung Trading will also supply three Hyde Model HG300 systems for Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding.

The units, which will have a treatment capacity of 300 cubic metres per hour, will be installed on three 1,100teu container vessels.

Hai Cheung Trading will also provide two Hyde Guardian Model HG100 systems for Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding, with delivery expected to begin in January 2012.