SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 — Under one of the largest ballast water management system (BWMS) retrofit contracts issued thus far, eleven containerships owned by Hamburg, Germany, headquartered Bernhard Schulte GmbH & Co. KG
AUGUST 16, 2015 — Evoqua Water Technologies has become the first company to successfully complete the first phase of testing for full U.S. Type Approval of a ballast water management system. Evoqua’s
JULY 13, 2015 — In a Statutory Alert issued today, Classification society Lloyd’s Register says that the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has advised that vessels with less than 12 months to comply
MAY 27, 2015 — Three new containerships being built for a major European shipping company at the Jinhai Shipyard in China will be fitted with Wärtsilä Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management Systems
MAY 1, 2015 — Shipowners’ organizations are “deeply concerned” that IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention could soon come into force without an implementation schedule that recognizes the need for shipowners to fit
MARCH 3, 2015 — Eight new 33,000 DWT chemical tankers under construction by an Asian shipbuilder will be fitted with Wärtsilä Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) that have each been
FEBRUARY 18, 2015 — The innovative ballast water treatment system developed by Danish company Bawat A/S has now received U.S, Coast Guard Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance. Regardless of the status of
DECEMBER 17, 2014 — Evoqua Water Technologies says that the NSF International Independent Laboratory (IL) is to begin testing of its SeaCUREballast water management system (BWMS) in preparation for US Coast Guard
NOVEMBER 12, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has granted Alternate Management System (AMS) acceptance to Wärtsilä’s Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System (BWMS). This allows all U.S. and foreign flag
OCTOBER 17, 2014 — Shipowners’ organizations are welcoming a decision on Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) taken at this week’s meeting of IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC). IMO’s Ballast Water Management