Minke Marine AL. LLC was established in 2023. It is a partnership formed by colleagues each with decades of experience in both the marine and water treatment industries. Between them working with tanker installed inert gas systems from the 1970’s, ballast water treatment systems from the beginning (2004) and many water treatment, solids treatment and vapor control projects. This experience has given the partners in-depth knowledge about the fundamentals of water and gas control and handling, as well as decades of integrating hardware systems into a wide array of vessel types, 5,000 to 330,000 DWT. It is well understood; hardware systems intended to work with a vessel are not bolt on, they are always bolt in.

Minke Marine? During a work trip on a ship at anchor, founding partner Mr. Kevin McPherson saw the dense spiraling clouds of bubbles created by feeding Minke whales. Reminiscent of the dense bubbles made by the as yet nameless Air Lubrication system he was developing, a name was selected.

Minke Marine Air Lubrication System Updates:

March 2024.

The Minke Marine ALS receives Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV

DNV undertook a comprehensive review of the system, its installation and operation. The resulting AiP is inclusive of all vessels giving owners and managers confidence installation of the robust,  energy efficient, compressorless Air Lubrication system is safe and compatible with the normal operation of a commercial vessel. The system comes with a very low installation burden resulting in a fractional capital cost; being compressorless its operational cost and efficiency is also better than contemporary ALS.