Nature’s Port Reception Facilities Limited (NPRF), headquartered in Gibraltar, operates a treatment and storage facility for oily waste-waters. The facility processes the separated and dried oil recovered in the primary stages and treats the separated water for discharge into sea following the strict standards required by current EU and IMO environmental legislation.
The process employed incorporates gravity, interceptor and dissolved air separation modules for the removal of hydrocarbons. Final water polishing is achieved by constant flow bio-treatment.
The NPRF Gibraltar facility was created as part of a long-term agreement with the Government of Gibraltar and operates as a Slop Oil Reception and Treatment plant (SORT). It is the nominated port waste contractor for Gibraltar
The facility gives the marine industry the opportunity to deliver slops to an approved location that is capable of treating waste-water to levels approaching the zero discharge targets set for the Mediterranean and elsewhere.
Reflecting industry and legislative approval of the service levels achieved, Nature also receives waste-water collected in numerous other port locations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.
In parallel, Nature has developed the skills and engineering capabilities to provide stand-alone port waste treatment facilities in many other locations, including the Middle East. A new port development in Oman has retained Nature to design and commission an oil waste treatment facility serving the Indian Ocean coastline.
Key benefits:
- An unique geographic location
- Fully utilized berth for slop disposal operations
- Offshore slop and oily water collection
- Multiple collection barges
- Steam heating utilizing recovered oil
- Advanced waste treatment solutions
- IPPC licensed / ISO 9001 approved
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