Ballast Water Management

An American ballast water treatment system manufacturer has submitted an application to the US Coast Guard to obtain type approval for its BWTS.

Ecochlor has won a contract for 55 Ecochlor Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS) to be retrofiited onboard 55 Scorpio Tankers product carriers.

CMA CGM has contracted BIO-UV Group to supply its BIO-SEA ballast water management system (BWMS) to 17 containerships in a deal worth more than €5m.

To help customers manage the challenge of keeping crews updated and trained in ballast water treatment compliance, Alfa Laval is launching a new computer training tool.

Damen’s InvaSave has supplied clean D2-standard ballast water for a newbuild vessel making a single trip it to enable it to skip the installation of a ballast water management system (BWMS).

Greek shipowners can assess the efficiency of their ships’ ballast water management systems (BWMS) with an onboard test kit supplied by aqua-tools following its new sales and distribution agreement with Piraeus-based Maritech…

Bahrain shipyard Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) is to install Hyundai ballast water management systems (BWMS) on at least three vessels owned by Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company (AMPTC).

The US Coastguard has awarded type approval to the first Korean made ballast water management system.

Oldendorff Carriers has partnered up with the Greek BWTS manufacturer ERMA FIRST to fit out its first vessel.

Ballast water management system (BWMS) specialist Optimarin has reported 50% growth in orders and revenue for the year to date, pointing to greater motivation among ship owners to secure systems.

Ecochlor will retrofit its ballast water management system (BWMS) in 36 of Angelicoussis Shipping Group’s (ASGL) vessels.

Alfa Laval has signed fleet agreements with both a Polish and Swiss operator for the supply of its third-generation ballast water treatment technology.

Ballast water management system (BWMS) suppliers may be experiencing the opening stages of the long-anticipated retrofit boom. But according to Tore Andersen, CEO of Optimarin, a new dynamic is challenging manufacturers.

Stakeholders in the ballast water management (BWM) equipment market have formalised an association that seeks to represent suppliers and provide a much needed impartial resource.

DESMI Ocean Guard has completed landbased testing of its CompactClean Ballast Water Management System as required by the IMO and US Coast Guard.

Coldharbour Marine has enlisted classification society ClassNK to assist in the process of obtaining Japanese type approval from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

The US Coast Guard has welcomed the tenth application for type approval of a ballast water management system (BWMS), for BIO-UV Group’s BIO-SEA system, over a year after granting its first approval.