The IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meets for its 65th session from 13 to 17 May 2013, at IMO HQ in London.Items on a busy agenda include the implementation of energy-efficiency regulations and the ballast water management and ship-recycling treaties…
Ecochlor, Inc. receives US Coast Guard Alternative Management System (AMS) acceptance for its full line of ballast water management systems (BWMS). AMS acceptancel allows ship operators to use an Ecochlor ballast water management system in US waters to effectively manage their ballast discharges…
The U.S. Coast Guard announced the acceptance of nine ballast water treatment systems today as Alternate Management Systems (AMS) in compliance with the service’s March 2012 final rule for Standards for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water Discharged (SLOSBWD) in U…
PureBallast 3.0 is less of an update than a sweeping redefinition of the system say Alfa Laval of its Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS).PureBallast, which was developed in cooperation with Wallenius Water, was originally launched in 2006…
Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) supplierTechcross sign a joint marketing & retrofit support MOU with Keppel Shipyard.Techcross say that their MOU with Keppel Shipyard is intended to value-add to the significant retrofitting market.…
Alfa Laval to supply its PureBallast systems to a leading shipyard in South Korea.The order has a value of approximately SEK 50 million, and delivery will start in 2013 and be finalized in 2014.The Alfa Laval PureBallast systems will be…
The US EPA release the Final Draft of the Vessel General Permit (VGP) which comes in to force 19 December 2013.The aim of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System's (NPDES) 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP) is to protect the nation's…
Keppel Shipyard undertakes Singapore’s first Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) retrofit project for a VLCC.MOL Tankship Management (Asia) Pte Ltd (MOL) has awarded Keppel Shipyard with a landmark Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) retrofit project…
The Forum looked at a broad spectrum of topics concerning container shipping including: stowage and lashing, the potential for LNG vessels and bunkering, trends in the liner markets, high tensile steel and thick materials for ship building,…
Severn Trent De Nora, a leader in electrochlorination technology appoint Delmar Marine as its exclusive sales representative in Turkey.Severn Trent De Nora, a leading provider of electrolytic water disinfection solutions, has appointed Delmar…
The Great Lakes Ballast Water Working Group (BWWG) has released its 2012 Summary of Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Management.The mission of the BWWG is to harmonize ballast water management efforts between: the U.S. Coast Guard; Transport Canada…
As ship owners globally face the eventual mandate to install ballast water management technology onboard their ships – a refit which is touted as the most expensive equipment refit ever – Maritime Reporter & Engineering News in its February…
As ship owners globally face the eventual mandate to install ballast water management technology onboard their ships – a refit which is touted as the most expensive equipment refit ever – Maritime Reporter & Engineering News in its February…
DESMI Ocean Guard’s containerised BWTS solution successfully tested by A.P. Moller - Maersk.The OxyClean system based on UV and ozone has come through testing in both fresh, brackish and salt water, and Maersk Line concluded it to be an attractive solution…
Uncertainty still reigns true in the global shipbuilding sector with many factors influencing either a return to ordering activity or a continuation of the reduction in interest in newbuildings. “The best case scenario for shipbuilders…