DECEMBER 16, 2013 — Wärtsilä reports that its Wärtsilä Aquarius EC (Electro-Chlorination) Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has been granted International Maritime Organization (IMO) Type Approval. This is in accordance with the
JULY 3, 2012 — As shipowners continue to wrestle with which ballast water management systems to choose, the members of the Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA) have partnered with the Great Ships Initiative
MAY 30, 2013 — The new president of BIMCO Mr. John Denholm has identified environmental pressures facing the shipping industry as some of its most significant current challenges as he embarks upon
MAY 21, 2013 — Shipowners may now have a little more clarity on the issue of when they will need to fit the Ballast Water Management systems called for by a new
MAY 13, 2013 — Shipowners will soon know whether there is to be any easing of the schedule for fitting the Ballast Water Management system required under the IMO Ballast Water Management
MARCH 6, 2013 — Classification society ClassNK has granted AIP (Approval in Principle) to a tanker design that reduces the weight of ballast water required by about 65 percent compared with a
FEBRUARY 21, 2013 — A 25 MW diesel electric icebreaker on order at Russia’s Baltic Shipyard for state shipping company Rosmorport FSUE is to have a Hyde Guardian HG600 Ballast Water Treatment
JANUARY 7, 2013 — International accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens predicts that banks will exert more control over the shipping industry in 2013. It also expects vessel values to fall further,
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens has filed comments with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency indicating that New York will pursue a uniform, national ballast water standard that
Drammen, Norway, headquartered OceanSaver says that its next generation ballast water treatment (BWT) system will reduce energy use by over 50 percent compared to its previous technology. OceanSaver’s on-going research and development