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New partnership between BIO-UV Group and MicroWISE

The partnership combines BIO-SEA | Ballast Water Treatment with the MicroWISE solution for real-time biological monitoring, and involves joint R&D projects aiming at optimization of port-side treatment systems. Many ballast water treatment systems struggle to meet...

BallastWISE is the first CMD to be validated according to IMO protocol

IMO reports have shown a need for regular testing of ballast water to ensure compliance with the IMO’ Ballast Water Performance Standard. However, the current standard of detailed ballast water testing, manual microscopy, is costly and risks causing delays, so a...

BallastWISE Sampler Matches Plankton Net Performance in Ballast Water Testing

In recently conducted tests, MicroWISE demonstrated that the performance of the BallastWISE Sampler is identical to the standard plankton net filtration setup at the tested flow rates of 22-30L/min. It takes between 30 and 45 minutes to concentrate 1m3 of water at...

Scaling up production of ballast water CMD solutions

In early 2024, MicroWISE made KC Denmark A/S our official equipment production partner. By leveraging KC’s +35 years of experience in maritime equipment, MicroWISE increases our capacity for expedient delivery of even large orders of BallastWISE test systems and...

Inline CMD system for monitoring operationality of BWMS: development project

Monitoring, rather than simply testing to prove compliance in port or during checkups, is important, as the ballast water tests performed by many groups have shown operator errors are a common source of failed ballast water compliance – a source which can be avoided....

Conducting the first tests of ballast water quality monitoring platform integrated on a vessel: BallastWISE Inline

The test setup at NIOZ: here you see the components of BallastWISE Inline exposed in the bare frame of its housing – the BallastWISE Filter unit (left) and test chambers units (middle) are connected with tubes and pumps, while and a computer runs the BallastWISE...