Ballast Water Management

A ballast water management system (BWMS) capable of treating all water qualities at 250 m3/h will serve an Antarctic vessel.

The SeaCURE Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) is proving successful in the Korean newbuild and retrofit markets.

Five ballast water management systems (BWMS) have been installed without interrupting vessel operations.

A new ballast water management system aims to minimise its environmental footprint and installation costs.

ERMA FIRST’s ballast water management system (BWMS) has become the sixth to receive US Coast Guard (USCG) type approval.

Concerns have been raised over verifying operational efficiency in ballast water management systems (BWMS) once type approved.

OceanSaver, the Norwegian manufacturer of US type approved ballast water management systems, has filed for bankruptcy.

DESMI Ocean Guard has launched a new Ballast Water Management System which it says sets new standards for small footprint BWMS.

The ICS has urged the industry to ‘get this right’ as the IMO’s Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention – which could cost the industry US$100 billion in system installations – comes into…

A new chemical-free ballast water management system (BWMS) can disinfect and treat 250 cubic metres of seawater an hour.

Chelsea Technologies’ FastBallast portable analyser has been chosen by one operator as a benchmark testing device to ensure compliance with ballast water standards.

A project to containerise a Ballast Water Management System may allow easier compliance for vessels with limited space.

A BWMS has demonstrated its reliability in the face of a survey which exposed the systems as problematic and inoperable.

US operators could benefit from an electrochlorination-based BWMS system which has completed tests needed for US Coast Guard approval.

Ship owners and operators have reported in a survey that 43% of BWMS are either inoperable or have problematic operations.

A low power consumption chemical injection ballast water management system (BWMS) has received USCG type approval.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) will oversee UK-based Coldharbour Marine’s ballast water management systems (BWMS) tests, as required by the US Coast Guard (USCG) in its type approval process.

Bureau Veritas has launched a new e-business solution to help the shipping industry meet the Ballast Water Management deadline for certificates and approved plans by September.

Norway-owned Goltens will manage the engineering and retrofit installation of OceanSaver ballast water management systems (BWMS) onboard two of BP Shipping’s gas carriers.