Ballast Water Management

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.