French UV water treatment specialist BIO-UV Group has signed a major supply deal with luxury yacht builder Baglietto for 10 BIO-SEA L01-0030 low-flow systems over the next 12 months
BIO-UV Group’s scope of supply includes five skid-mounted units for the builder’s 52-m T52 line and five pre-assembled modular systems for its DOM 133 line.
Each ballast water treatment system (BWTS), designed to treat flow rates up to 30 m3 per hour, will be delivered with a yacht-standard white finish.
The yard’s technicians will carry out the installation work, with the BWTS manufacturer’s Napoli-based certified service partner Tefin Marine Electronics Service Network, which will also be responsible for commissioning each system.
A key requirement was that each modular BIO-SEA unit is supplied compact and pre-assembled prior to delivery for installation simplicity, explained BIO-UV Group maritime division, business unit director Maxime Dedeurwaerder.
“Our BIO-SEA engineering and design team was able to quickly adapt the system to meet the customer’s technical requirements and the limited space available in the machinery rooms,” he said.
Each BIO-SEA L-series is made from high-quality marine components, is chlorine and chemical-free, and combines mechanical filtration with the right UV dose disinfection to provide yacht owners with one of the most ecologically safe ballast water management solutions available.
BIO-SEA manager of BIO-UV Group’s yachts division Camille Cosson added, “For the low flow rates typical of this market, UV technology is widely considered the best way of protecting the sensitive marine ecosystem from non-indigenous invasive species.
“For super- and mega-yacht builders like Baglietto, another advantage is that the BIO-SEA L-series is very easy to install, operate and maintain. And with a 1.36 m2 footprint, it fits easily in enginerooms.”
Ms Casson will be on hand to discuss the low-flow rate L-series BWTS on the Riviera Yachting Network booth AL38 Quai Albert IER at the Monaco Yacht Show between 28 and 30 September 2022.
The new agreement was announced soon after the deal to supply a BWTS to the newbuildings ordered for Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection.
