Ballast Water

Wärtsilä and COSCO partner to produce ballast water management system

With this agreement, COSCO will gain access to technology and the rights to produce Wärtsilä Aquarius Electro Chlorination (EC) BWMS under licence, for application on ships in the global marine market.

The Round Table (RT) of International Shipping Organisations (comprising BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping, Intercargo and INTERTANKO) is deeply concerned if the international convention to regulate ships’ ballast water comes into force in the near future without a realistic implementation schedule that recognises the timetable for US type-approved Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) to be available in sufficient quantities

Fednav has invested in 12 ballast water treatment systems for its newbuildings at Oshima Shipbuilding, a decision that the shipowner says comes well before the regulatory mandate for the equipment

Fednav Ltd. has ordered 12 ballast water treatment systems to equip its ships currently under construction. It becomes the first shipping company in Canada and the Great Lakes to announce the installation of ballast water treatment systems, well before the regulatory requirement.

Mechanical Separation of GEA was awarded the first contract for equipping cruise liners with the UV ballast water treatment system BallastMaster marineX, powered by Trojan Marinex

Scientists Correct Ballast Water Treatment Report

A group of scientists have written a letter to Regina McCarthy, the Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, telling her that they have made a mistake. The letter aims to correct what they see as an erroneous conclusion in "Efficacy of Ballast Water Treatment Systems," a report by the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB).

Ballast Water Rules Create Conundrum for Shipowners

According to a New Study Published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin, an International Testing Program Meant to Stop the Spread of Diseases in Ships’ Ballast Water is a Failure

Tests of bacteria removal from ships’ ballast water is designed so treatment systems are guaranteed to pass, whether they actually work or not. 

Damen Pioneers Mobile Ballast Water Treatment:Fleet owners and ports to benefit from Damen in-house tech & retrofit expertiseDamen Shipyards Group is set to unveil a pioneering new mobile ballast water treatment (BWT) unit at the Posidonia exhibition in Athens next week. The new in-house technology bolsters Damen’s Ballast Water Center of Excellence, which advises fleet managers on total BWT solutions for retrofits and newbuilds worldwide.