ballast water treatment

IRClass: put BWT on service boats in ports

MARCH 20, 2014 — Praveen Kumar Mishra, Vice President of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has suggested an innovative solution to the ballast water treatment problem: the BWT Boat. Shipowners continue

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CSA: BWT won’t work in cold, will cost Canada $1.1 B

OCTOBER 25, 2013 — Robert Lewis-Manning, President of the Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA), is calling for a “flexible approach [to ballast water treatment] that will reconcile protection of the marine environment with

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OceanSaver BWT gets AMS approval

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — Drammen, Norway, based OceanSaver says that its Mark II Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) system has achieved U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Alternate Management System (AMS) approval. According to the

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MOL completes VLCC BWTS retrofit at Keppel

APRIL 16, 2013 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has completed the retrofit installation of a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) on the 300,000 dwt VLCC Libra Trader at Keppel Shipyard in

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USCG lists BWTS gaining AMS approval

APRIL 16, 2013 — The U.S. Coast Guard said yesterday that it has accepted nine ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) as Alternate Management Systems (AMS) in compliance with its 2012 final rule