Complete tank management solutions for oil and chemical tankers – made in Germany

Shipping companies, shipyards, crews as well as ship outfitters have to deal with ship technology and tank management on a daily basis. Foreground issues here are, on the one hand, increasing safety for crew, ship and cargo, and on the other, optimising profitability.

Under these aspects, the internationally active, German family businesses Pleiger Maschinenbau and VEGA Grieshaber have bundled their know-how to provide from a single source complete tank management systems – made in Germany – for oil and chemical tankers. 

Pleiger Maschinenbau, as part of the Pleiger consortium based in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, is an innovation leader in the area of automation, as well as design and manufacture of complete electronic and hydraulic components and systems for valve remote operation of auxiliary equipment for, among other things, ballast handling and fuel systems. Technology from Pleiger is installed on over 5,000 ships worldwide. 

The monitoring of cargo levels, fuels or ballast systems requires safe and reliable measurement  technology. For this, Pleiger relies on a leading manufacturer of level, switching and pressure instrumentation, VEGA Grieshaber KG, the world market leader in radar technology. This full-range supplier has the right sensors for every job – from cargo tank measurement, to keeping track of fuel supplies, right through to ballast handling. VEGA sensors are already in use under the toughest conditions on over 1,000 ships.

For decades the company Pleiger has been a reliable partner in shipbuilding, offering worldwide service as well as competent consultation. 

By integrating VEGA measurement technology into its own control systems Pleiger can offer in the future, as a full-range supplier, the complete instrumentation in addition to controls and actuators and thus complete tank management solutions for oil and chemical tankers.
One supplier, one contact person: a great advantage that saves time and money, for shipping companies, shipyards and, ultimately, the crew.

The advanced, well-proven measurement technology, “made in Germany”, integrated in the innovative, fieldbus-supported Pleiger process control systems guarantees the reliability of the entire automation and measuring system. Of course with ship approvals acc. to GL, LR, ABS, RINA, CCS etc.

Andreas Harmes, managing director of Pleiger Maschinenbau, sums it up: “Through the cooperation with VEGA, we do justice to the growing requirements of the shipbuilding industry worldwide, especially in the area of oil and chemical tankers, and set the course for further competent cooperation with shipping companies and shipyards.”


Author: 	     
Michael Hannig
Product management
VEGA Grieshaber KG
Am Hohenstein 113
77761 Schiltach
Germany
Phone +49 7836 50-0
Fax +49 7836 50-8415
E-mail: press@de.vega.com
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