We are pleased to announce that one of the world’s leading shipping companies A.P. Moller-Maersk has placed a fleet order of the unique and proven HydroPen™ system, designed for direct firefighting in stacked shipping containers onboard commercial vessels.

The HydroPen™ is unique in the sense that it is driven purely by water pressure through an attached deck fire hose. When water pressure is activated, a turbine will drive the HydroPen™ drilling unit until it penetrates the container door, whereupon the system will spray water into the container to extinguish the fire directly at the source. In the case of a fire at height in the container stack, the HydroPen™ system can be deployed using a telescopic device. Beyond water, the system is compatible with foam or even CO₂. Also, it is intuitive to use and requires only minimum training and maintenance.

All the crew needs to do is hoist the system’s drilling/spraying unit to the doors of the burning container with the telescopic lift, then stand back while HydroPen™ does the rest!

HydroPen™  System Advantages:

• Easy to use, fully automatic operation
• Uses only water pressure from the fire main to drill the container – no electricity required
• Minimizes spread of fire to other containers
• Increase safety and avoid costly catastrophes
• Zero maintenance cost

HydroPen™  System in the market
Except for the A.P. MOLLER-MAERSK fleet that will be soon equipped with HydroPen™, there are over 1200 HydroPen™ units present on board ships worldwide.
Amongst  the companies that have HydroPen™ onboard, we indicatively mention CMA CGM, V.Ships, Eimskip, and PIL that have HydroPen™ onboard all vessels of their fleet.

Approvals
The system has a type approval by Bureau Veritas and a Product Design Assessment certificate from ABS.

The HydroPen System in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__bPbOoB85U
(HydroPen YouTube Channel)

We will be more than happy to receive your inquiries or arrange a web meeting for a presentation and demonstration of the system’s operation.