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■ GREEN PORT
Recycling specialists for ship’s waste
Ships calling in the Port of Hamburg can dispose of waste of all types generated while on voyage: These include ship’s waste, wastewater, oil residues/mixtures, as well as remnants from cleaning equipment, in unlimited quantities. Around 18,000 calls by ocean-going and inland waterway vessels produce a substantial quantity of waste, whether originating from cargoes or operations.
Green Ports (Hamburg) is one of the biggest waste dis- posal companies in the Port of Hamburg. On Kattwyk peninsular at the centre of the Port of Hamburg, since 2015 this company with Greek origins has operated the most cutting-edge facility for the disposal and recycling of oil-bearing, liquid marine, industrial and commercial waste. Over three years ago, its Piraeus-based parent company H.E.C. Europe Limited expanded into the Ger- man market and acquired the traditional base of HÖG - Hamburger Ölverwertungs-Gesellschaft. H.E.C. Europe Limited was immediately committed to environmental protection, possessing as it does many years of experi- ence in creating tailormade, state-of-the art services for all aspects of the oil waste sector. In January 2016 a fur- ther branch, Green Ports (Gibraltar), was opened.
“The acquisition in Hamburg enabled us to successfully expand our international network and establish a facility
CHEMICAL & PHYSICAL PROCESSES CONVERT THE OIL/WATER MIXTURES IN THE SEPARATING UNIT INTO THREE BY-PRODUCTS: HIGH-GRADE HEATING OIL, WATER AND DRY SOLIDS
for maritime and industrial waste water disposal in the centre of Northern Europe. We meanwhile employ 55 people in Hamburg and in the process are continually modernizing our plant and fleet,” explains CEO Captain Dimitrios Melidis. Green Ports (Hamburg) operates a separation plant for treating oil-water mixtures that in- cludes a 26,500 cubic metre tank farm, a plant for pro- cessing emulsion mixtures from industry and two units for handling sludge. A wastewater cleaning unit is also on-site.
These facilities collect and handle all waste caused by ship operations, as defined in the provisions of the MARPOL Convention – including ship waste water, oil residues/mixtures and remnants from cleaning equip- ment. Total volume: Up to 120,000 tons per year. The oil/water mixtures are collected by special tankers/barg- es with capacities of between 150 and 3000 tons, and
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