Developed especially for the marine industry, Mud-out® is a specifically formulated chemical designed to help disperse and remove mud, even the heavy accumulations of mud sometimes found in ballast tanks or cooling systems. When used regularly, Mud-Out will help prevent further accumulations of mud.

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CD-X® is a special blend of soaps and surfactants formulated to clean up oily surfaces. Non-toxic, environmentally safe and easy to use, CD-X can be used in a wide variety of marine and industrial applications as a replacement for chlorinated solvents, caustic powders and other emulsifying type cleaners.

Contaminated ballast water is a global environmental threat to local sea-life, wildlife, and to the quality of local water supplies. Hard shell invasive species, such as zebra mussels, also cause significant damage to beaches, municipal waste water treatment systems, and to a ship's propulsion systems.  Congress is currently working diligently to pass legislation in the near future that will mandate shipboard systems that will contain and mitigate this threat.

Netsco is your comprehensive solution for ballast water treatment.  We have developed, along with our strategic partner Nutech O3, the most effective ballast water treatment system on the market: the Mark III Ballast Water Treatment System.  And our staff of capable engineers and draftsmen is ready to help you implement it onboard your vessel or fleet today.


How the Mark III Ballast Water Treatment System Works

Netsco, in partnership with Nutech O3, has designed and tested an advanced ballast water treatment technology that kills environmentally dangerous aquatic nuisance species carried in every ship's ballast water.  Netsco's technology, the Mark III Ballast Water Treatment System, has undergone extensive laboratory testing at the University of Washington's Merristone Research facility in Puget Sound and at the La Que Center for Corrosion Technology in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.  Additionally, beginning in the summer of 2000, the BP oil tanker T/V Tonsina has been field testing Netsco's equipment during her regular operations. 


Netsco's Mark III Ballast Water Treatment System injects ozone into a ship's ballast water as it is taken onboard the ship.  The Mark III System is effective in fresh and sea water.  In brackish water, the ozone will kill a large fraction of the invasive species on contact.  Once the ozone has been injected, it begins interacting with naturally occurring chemicals in the sea water to form bromine compounds that kill any remaining invasive species.  Trace amounts of these compounds remain in the ballast water, which gives an important scientific metric for determining that the Mark III System is functioning optimally.  These minute quantities are environmentally safe and are not dangerous to indigenous fish or shell fish populations.  In fresh water, the ozone kills all unwanted invasive species directly and then breaks down into oxygen, leaving no residual chemicals.