FEBRUARY 6, 2018 — Shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) is scheduled to deliver the world’s first ballast- free LNG bunkering vessel later this year. The 7,600 cu.m LNG-fueled vessel was ordered by
NOVEMBER 8, 2017 — Monaco headquartered Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE: SB) reports that it has reached an agreement with the manufacturer to install Erma First ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) in all
OCTOBER 25, 2017 — Irish sea freight ferry operator Seatruck has installed Optimarin ballast water treatment (BWT) systems in five of its vessels while they were undertaking normal operations, with its own
OCTOBER 12, 2017 — Available space comes at a premium on any vessel. This is especially true when retrofitting major equipment such as a ballast water management system (BWMS), which in most
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 — Risør, Norway, headquartered IMS Group is to acquire all intellectual property, certificates and assets of OceanSaver. On September 20, IMS group signed a purchase agreement with the OceanSaver
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 — The IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention entered force today and the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday released a policy letter (17-05) entitled “Guidelines for Voluntary Compliance with the
AUGUST 24, 2017 — The Coast Guard has issued a $5,000 fine to the owners of a foreign freight vessel for unauthorized ballast water discharge into the Willamette River in Portland, August
AUGUST 21, 2017 — Geneva, Switzerland, headquartered inspection, verification, testing and certification specialist SGS Group has taken delivery of the first of 30 Rapid ATP Ballast Water Monitoring Systems from Poissy, France,
AUGUST 16, 2017 — In another unilateral move that is several jumps ahead of anything in IMO or U.S. regulations, California is set to tighten up its regulations on biofouling to, among
AUGUST 14, 2017 — Evoqua Water Technologies, Warrendale, PA, reports that its SeaCURE Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has completed all biological efficacy U.S. Coast Guard Type Approval tests. The company now anticipates