Orders placed in the past couple of months further demonstrate Hamworthy plc’s success with water management systems for the cruise ship market

In December and January Hamworthy’s Water Systems division secured orders for advanced water treatment and/or desalination systems for cruise ships at Meyer Werft,  Fincantieri and Mariotti. The ships are on order for AIDA Cruises, Costa, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, RCI/Celebrity Cruises, and Seabourne. Equipment delivery is scheduled from mid-2008 to early 2011.
 
“These orders demonstrate our strength in the cruise ship market,” said Joe Oatley, Chief Executive of Hamworthy. “The treatment of water on cruise ships continues to show robust long-term growth, driven by both increased demand for berths and tighter environmental legislation. Hamworthy has a leadership position in this important market by providing innovative technological solutions to meet our customers’ needs.”

During the past six years, Hamworthy Water Systems has delivered its advanced black and grey water treatment systems to many large cruise ships. These systems use the side-stream crossflow Membrane BioReactor (MBR) technology that satisfies and exceeds the most stringent Alaskan standards [33CFR159.309], and also the new IMO standards [MEPC 159(55)] to be implemented in 2010. Installations included retrofits on existing cruise ships while trading as well as newbuildings. Hamworthy’s ongoing product development produced the MkII and MkIII MBR which achieved 20-25 per cent savings on energy consumption and significant savings on operational man-hours.

Hamworthy expanded its fluid handling portfolio in 2006 by acquiring Serck Como GmbH – a market leader in desalination plant for cruise ships. Hamworthy Serck Como’s cruise ship desalination plant comprises one or more ‘multi-stage flash’ (MSF) evaporators. The well proven MSF principle is the most reliable thermal seawater desalination process in the world. Steam, engine jacket water or a combination of these can be used for heating. Capacities of these tailor-made MSF evaporators range from 100 tonnes/day to 1,000 tonnes/day – or even higher if the engine room arrangement allows, with steady production at sea water temperatures between 2°C and 32°C.