[프랑스] 수에즈, 선박평형수 처리시장 진출위해 NK와 파트너 맺어

프랑스 회사 수에즈(SUEZ)는 선박평형수(ballast water) 처리시스템을 위해 오존 발생기 개발을 목적으로 한국 회사인 NK와 5년 간의 파트너십을 체결했다.

두 회사는 수에즈가 지난 2010년 중국 톈진(Tianjin)에 있는 생산 시설에 투자한 이후, 지금까지 400개의 오존 시스템을 판매하고 있으며 선박평형수 시장 개발에 진출하기를 기대한다.

선박의 균형을 위해 사용되는 선박평형수 처리는 국제해양기구(IMO, International Maritime Organisation)에 의해 선출된 협정을 통해 곧 규제될 것이다.   

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SUEZ/NK PARTNER TO TAP INTO GROWING BALLAST WATER TREATMENT MARKET

French company SUEZ has signed a five-year partnership with South Korean company NK to develop ozone generators for ballast water treatment s ystems.

The two companies hope to tap into the developing ballast water market and to date have sold 400 ozone systems, after Suez invested in a manufacturing facility in Tianjin, China in 2010.

The treatment of ballast water, used to balance ships, will soon be regulated through an agreement drafted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

Ratified on September 2016, new regulations will enter into force on September 8, 2017 and commit the IMO’s 52 member states to minimise the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens, by equipping their fleets with ballast water treatment systems.

It’s estimated that more than 40,000 vessels will have to be equipped by 2020.

Ballast water management is a major international ecological challenge as it can contain thousands of aquatic species (bacteria, microorganisms, algae and animal species) which represent a major threat to the marine habitat and the ocean.

[출처 = Water World / 2016년 10월 13일]