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Bilge Water Testing

Reliable and Accurate, BILGE WATER/15ppm OILY WATER SEPARATOR EFFLUENT Sampling and testing Services from Joshtek Marine

Bilge Water/15ppm
Water Testing

Joshtek Marine offers comprehensive VGP compliance Bilge water sampling services worldwide. Our services include efficient analysis, delivering prompt and accurate results, all at a competitive price for our valued clients.
Bilge separators are used to remove oil from oily water mixtures. The U.S. Coast Guard has granted official approval to over 100 bilge separators that meet the standards of MARPOL Annex I regulations.
Bilge water is mixture of sea water, fuels, greases, lubricants, soot from engines, machinery areas and water leaks from sewage, drainage sludges gathers at the lowest point of the ship’s hull (EPA, 2008).

Oil/hydrocarbon concentrations Bilges commonly fall in the 100 to 400 ppm. Bilge separator can only discharge 15 parts per million (ppm) of oil. Recently major shipping companies trying to achieve a 5 ppm. Bilge separators use various methods, such as gravity, centrifugal force, chemicals, flotation, biological treatment and ultrafiltration to polish and reduce oil concentrations meet the principles at 46 CFR 162.

Bilge water testing is essential for environmental compliance in the global shipping industry.

1.Port state control authorities inspect the Bilge unit to ensure compliance with MARPOL Annex I, MEPC 107(49).

2.New build vessels constructed on or after December 19, 2013, and greater than 400 gross tons that may discharge Bilgewater into U.S. waters, Part 2.2.2 the VGP typically reviews the Bilge analysis report.

3.Vessels that have completed two consecutive years of testing with less than 5 ppm of oil and grease may be eligible for a waiver from the testing requirements.

VGP Bilge Water Testing Requirements

Bilge water effluent must be monitored at least once a year in accordance with VGP 2013 Section 2.2.2.1.
Recordkeeping documentation of analysis results must be retained on board for at least three years.
There are Two methods of analysis recommended, EPA method and an ISO method. The EPA method 46 CFR Part 162. is more commonly offered by the USCG.

BILGE/ 15ppm Testing Parameter

HEM & SGT-HEM – APHA 1664A. (EPA Method, 46 CFR Part 162)
Water Quality–Determination of Hydrocarbon Oil Method Using Solvent Extraction and Gas chromatography -ISO 9377-2 (2000) (Ref-46 CFR §162.050–4).

JoshTek Marine experts guide
BILGE water compliance Sampling Methods

Joshtek Marine offer two ways to get your bilge effluent tested:
Direct shipping: You can send your bilge effluent water directly to us in a sealed container.
VGP compliance Sampling kits: We can send you a sampling kit that includes everything you need to collect a sample from your vessel.
Our experts will provide step-by-step protocols upon request, making it easy for vessel crews to collect samples
Courier the samples to us.
Once we receive the sample, we will send it to our partner lab for testing.
Results will be available within 72 to 96 hours.
Joshtek Marine will provide technical advice on testing the samples and assessing the test report.

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