Ballast Water Management

The US Coast Guard has awarded Type Approval to Hyde Marine’s ballast water management system.

Alfa Laval has successfully adapted operations at its Aalborg production facility to adjust to Danish government restrictions, and is continuing to meet global demand for Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 ballast water treatment…

BIO-UV Group has received type approval from both the International Marine Organisation and US Coast Guard for its next generation low flow rate ballast water treatment system range.

The Evac Evolution ballast water management system (BWMS) is to be installed on two platform supply vessels operated by Harvey Gulf International, the US marine transportation company that specialises in providing support…

Optimarin and SunRui, have announced a strategic market cooperation to provide a one-stop-shop for shipowners, fulfilling increasing demand for both electrolysis and UV-based ballast water treatment system (BWTS) technology.

Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 has become one of the first non-Chinese ballast water treatment solutions to be type approved by the China Classification Society.

Optimarin has signed a fleet agreement with DOF for the installation of 16 Optimarin Ballast Systems (OBS), with an option to extend the contract to 50 vessels in total.

MOF, the South Korean ministry responsible for overseeing the country’s marine industry, has cancelled the type approval for Panasia’s GloEn ballast water treatment systems.

Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled a Ballast Water Pre Filtration Barge (BWPF) to assist vessels in complying with the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention which came into effect in September.

Alfa Laval is targeting the high ballast dependent bulker market with its new PureBallast 3 bulker-fit launch.

A Hamburg-based waste oil and water service supplier is offering a mobile ballast water treatment system service to customers at the Port of Hamburg. The service, which features a Damen InvaSave 300…

Danish ballast water treatment system manufacturer, Bawat, has been granted IMO Type Approval for its technology that uses only a ship’s own waste heat to kill off invasive species.

The US Coastguard awarded type approval to Beijing-based COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Co. for its Blue Ocean Shield (BOS) ballast water management system (BWMS) on 7 September.

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply its Aquarius UV ballast water management system (BWMS) for four bunkering ocean tanker vessels operated by Doorae Shipping, the first ever BWMS retrofit contract signed by Wärtsilä…

Damen Green Solutions mobile ballast water treatment system has demonstrated its capability to help ships meet the International Maritime Organisations D2 standard which came into force on 8 September.

In a bid to achieve approval from both the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the US Coast Guard (USCG), Hapag-Lloyd is testing an SKF ballast water management system (BWMS) on board a…

The recovery of the offshore shipping segment is playing a key role in driving the revenues of ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin.

One of the newest ballast water management systems on the market is aiming to make a splash in the high ballast dependent market.

US-based Ecochlor has won a contract to supply seven Euronav Suezmax and VLCC tankers with a ballast water management system (BWMS).

French UV-based treatment company, BIO-UV Group, has secured a contract to retrofit a BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system (BWTS) to a 28,890 tonne cruise ship.

Turkish Shipowners Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) Group has signed a fleet agreement, valued at SEK210 million (USD22.2 million), for Alfa Laval to supply PureBallast 3 systems to around 228 vessels on behalf…