Ballast Water Management

Singapore shipyard group Sembcorp Marine is to offer Coldharbour Marine’s inert-gas ballast water management system as part of its Green Technology Retrofit (GTR) service ship owners.

Inert gas and ballast water treatment supplier Coldharbour Marine has signed a contract with Hansun (Shanghai) Marine Technology market and distribute Coldharbour products in mainland China.

Optimarin has signed contracts with Wisby Tankers and Hoëgh Autoliners to install its market proven Optimarin Ballast System (OBS) on five existing vessels.

Ahead of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting in July, bulk carrier association Intercargo has outlined some of the difficulties facing the segment as it looks to implement the requirements…

Ecochlor has signed an agreement with Minerva Marine for the potential supply of ballast water treatment (BWT) systems for up to 30 its vessels in accordance with the IMO and USCG implementation…

Greek ballast water management (BWM) system supplier ERMA FIRST has become the first full-flow electrolysis treatment manufacturer – and only the sixth supplier overall – to file a final application for US…

Wärtsilä is in the process of signing Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) agreements with a number of major shipyards, the latest being Keppel Shipyard Ltd (KSL) of Singapore.

Wärtsilä ballast water management systems (BWMS) have been selected by Minerva Marine Inc to ensure compliance with upcoming ballast water treatment requirements.

US ballast water management (BWM) system supplier Ecochlor has become the fifth company to file an application for US Coast Guard type approval.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has issued its first type approval of a ballast water management system, confirming on Friday 2 December that Optimarin’s ballast system (OBS) has received certification.

As The Motorship goes to press the first type approvals from the US Coast Guard are expected imminently. Gavin Lipsith reports.

The installation timeframe for the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention has been thrown back into uncertainty after fresh proposals at the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee last week.