A new customer in the UK was upgrading their ballast water system on board a vessel
A new customer in the UK was upgrading their ballast water system on board a vessel
1 PagesCASTLE PUMPS LTD Shipyard - Case Study Case Study Information Customer Shipyard Location UK Enquiry: ? Castle Pumps received an enquiry from a new customer in the UK that was upgrading their ballast water system on board a vessel. Their reason for an upgrade was to meet new regulations “ballast water management convention 2017” imposed by the International Maritime Organisation and therefore required new ballast pumps. These pumps would be located in an ATEX environment, so not only did the motor of the pump need to be ATEX but also the priming pumps motor had to be ATEX too. Solution: ? Ballast pumps pump fluid (usually seawater) to and from ballast tanks in order to add weight to the ship. Ballast pumps reduce the center of gravity on the vessel to enable it to be stable and therefo
