Miura BWMS gets closer to USCG type approval
JULY 5, 2017 — Japan’s Miura Co., Ltd. reports that it has successfully completed another major milestone towards acquiring U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) type approval for its HK ballast water management system
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Stage set for fight over proposed BWM convention delay
JUNE 30, 2017 — Ballast water management is set to be a contentious issue at next week’s IMO MEPC 71. And though a lot will be said on the impact of the
Optimarin in spares and servicing agreement with Goltens
JUNE 14, 2017 — Sandnes, Norway, headquartered ballast water management system (BWMS) specialist Optimarin has signed an agreement with Goltens Green Technologies. Negotiated at this month’s Nor-Shipping event, it effectively gives Optimarin
USCG issues fourth BWMS Type Approval
JUNE 12, 2017 — The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center has issued the fourth U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to the BalClor system to China’s Sunrui Marine
Vancouver Drydock completes its first BWTS retrofit
JUNE 3, 2017 – Seaspan reports that its Vancouver Drydock shipyard in North Vancouver, BC, has completed a five week refit of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ special purpose/cable layer vessel Ile de Batz.
LIVE FROM NOR-SHIPPING 2017: What’s happening on BWT?
JUNE 1, 2017—Ship’s ballast water is full of aquatic species, both visible and invisible to the naked eye. Water taken aboard ship as ballast in one coastal region and discharged in another
Ballast water sampling and analysis made easier
MAY 16, 2017 — So, how do you know if that expensive ballast water management system (BWMS) is working? Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. group company MOL Techno-Trade, Ltd. and Satake Corporation will
BWMS: Why bulkers are different
APRIL 25, 2017 — The U.S. dry bulk market will face a shortfall of vessels in a few years of time unless owners of this type of vessel can persuade the U.S.
Evoqua gears up for increase in BWMS demand
APRIL 18, 2017 — With IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention set to enter into force this September, Evoqua Water Technologies is upgrading its SeaCURE system production facility in Caldicot, Wales, to meet
Minerva Marine opts for Wartsila for tanker BWMS retrofits
APRIL 3, 2017 — Athens based Minerva Marine Inc. has signed an agreement with Wärtsilä covering the retrofit of several globally operating tankers with Aquarius ballast water management systems (BWMS). The agreement