Global Drinking Water tests for healthy crews
According to the WHO (World Health Organization) Ship Sanitation Guidelines, every vessel’s drinking water must be tested at least twice a year. Additionally, vessels that still generate plastic waste will need to comply with the Marine Litter regulation from MEPC.310(73) to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 14, which mandates the elimination of marine pollution from plastic waste by 2025.
Our testing program offers a safe and economic solution, providing peace of mind for you and your crew.
In other words: ensuring vessel crews have safe and healthy drinking water is crucial. Our tests allow you to replace bottled water with an on-board water maker. This will reduce costs, plastic waste, as well as provisions logistics.
Control Union can carry out the tests for you. In this case an auditor will come on board and run the tests. But we also offer a service of self-sampling. This service is called U-Incontrol.
Benefits of our Drinking Water Tests
Proof to Your Promise
Peace of mind for your crew.
Comprehensive shipboard testing per WHO 2011 Ship Sanitation Guidelines.
Full peace of mind
Dependable support system.
Coordination with our network of in-house, ISO-17025 qualified laboratories.
Includes Legionella Tests
Often-omitted, crucial contaminant.
Single standardized protocol, available in over 150 ports, tailored to shipping requirements.
Unmatched Flexibility
Cost-efficient and easy testing.
Expandable with Taste and Odour assessments, U-Incontrol self-sampling, eLearning for crews and Control Room add-on.
Why you need Drinking Water Testing?
Your crew always deserves access to safe and free drinking water. Your vessel’s water installations require testing at least twice a year to ensure compliance and safety. Safe drinking water aditionally avoids plastic waste and PET water is almost 10.000 times more expensive than a drinking water system on board.
Schedule a visit from one of our experienced auditors for drinking water testing. Or equip your vessel crew or even your whole fleet with our compliant test kits for global self-testing.
Control Room: Always on time
Our Control Room saves time and makes being compliant easy. Your vessels’ crews (Master) and shore staff (superintendent) will receive our notification when your vessel:
- Requires Water Compliance Testing as per your requirements, and
- Calls a port where you can be serviced.
You define your regulatory strategy. We make sure you are on time and help you plan your compliance.
Book Drinking Water Testing now
VPC, trusted all over the world
We are Control Union Vessel Performance Centre B.V. (VPC). We are part of Royal Peterson and Control Union. Our VPC offers vessel compliance and performance solutions to shipping. We deliver our services globally under a single quality system, through our network of Control Union offices. Our central team of experts is your single point of contact for our global services.
Control Union Vessel Performance Centre B.V (VPC) performs water tests everyday, globally. We know how important it is to have clean drinking water on board. We also understand that you hate downtime and want shipboard inspections done fast. We are experts in quick and flexible water testing. For your crew, for compliance with regulations, for the environment.