ballast water treatment

by John Konrad (gCaptain) What should have been a dream holiday for passengers, a holiday cruise through the glittering blue waters from Auckland to Sydney has

By 2008, the US and Canada mandated that all transoceanic vessels entering the Great Lakes manage ballast water discharges to prevent the spread of invasive

A rapid scan of the environmental DNA in ballast water can show whether ships are following rules meant to prevent the spread of invasive species and disease.

The global shipping industry is urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to back a proposal to push back the implementation dates for installing

By Peter Hinchliffe, Secretary General, International Chamber of Shipping The Ballast Water Management Convention (the Convention), aimed at establishing

The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center today issued the first U.S.C.G. Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to Norwegian

With entry into force of the IMO Ballast Water Convention now set for September 2017, owners have been calling on a Finnish naval architecture and marine

Long-awaited international regulations meant to combat the spread of potentially invasive aquatic species in ships’ ballast are set to enter into force

  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Oct 5 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in New York ordered the government to rewrite its rules regulating the

Investments in ballast water treatment are set to surge on the ratification of global environmental legislation that would help regulate vessels’ water

The International Maritime Organization partnered with renowned BBC Wildvision to produce this short film, titled Invaders from the Sea, offering unique

This morning, IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu met with the chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Mr. Masamichi Morooka, to discuss the

HERZLIYA, Israel, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Some surprising traffic passes through the Suez Canal each day. Beneath the decks of the giant cargo ships that flow

The world is a step closer today to tackling one of the most serious threats to the ocean environment, the spread of invasive organisms via the ballast water

“Nobody thought it was possible,” commented Kim Diederichsen, CEO of BAWAT AS, a Danish company that it releasing to the shipping industry the

Via GEA Westfalia PRESS RELEASE – The BallastMaster ultraV developed by GEA Westfalia Separator for ballast water treatment has been awarded the

ERMA FIRST S.A. is one of the very few companies in the world to have received an Alternate Management System (AMS) Acceptance letter from U.S.Coast Guard for

Ship owners have been facing an environment of increasing operating costs. Rising fuel prices, low sulfur fuel requirements, port fees and special surveys are

The following is an informational bulletin from gCaptain sponsor Wärtsilä Upcoming environmental regulations will affect existing vessels, and as a

In the wake of the forthcoming legislation on ballast water, the UK P&I club has published an updated report highlighting a number of key issues that need