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HISTORY

With more than 16 years in the industry, Ecochlor has a long history of providing timely and expert support to our customers in keeping their ballast water management systems in compliance. We are not in this business for the short-term, our focus is to continue to offer shipowners the reliable performance of our system necessary for global shipping both now and in the future.
Steve Candito
Steve CanditoCEO Ecochlor

Ecochlor, Inc. was founded in 2001 with the sole purpose of commercializing patents for a superior ballast water management technology.

The company, with corporate headquarters in the United States, has the capability to install, service and support its systems throughout the world.

TIMELINE

TIMELINE

In 2004, the company installed its first system on Atlantic Container Line’s Atlantic Compass, and a second system the Moku Pahu – a U.S. flag, Jones Act bulk carrier retrofit – 2 years later. With ballast operations in California, this vessel encountered some of the strictest regulations in the world. For 13 years this ship ran ballast operations using the original installed system until her last voyage in January of 2019.

Today, as of December 2019, Ecochlor has more than 300 ships in its order book. Our customers include some of largest and most respected shipowners in the world ─ Alaska Tankers, Anglo Eastern Ship Management, Bahri Ship Management, Capital Ship Management, Liberty Marine, Angelicoussis Group, Minerva Marine, SCF Group, Seacor, and Scorpio Tankers.

The Ecochlor system has worked well for us in that, it’s relatively small footprint was easily retrofitted into our existing ballast system, it uses an almost negligible amount of electrical power and works effectively in all water conditions, including the sediment filled, biologically saturated waters off Chittagong, Bangladesh. Ecochlor has shown their commitment to our system by reliably providing support, scheduled service and chemical resupply as needed.
Christian Johnsen
Christian Johnsenpast Chief Engineer on the Moku Pahu