Month: February 2013

Debate over discharge standards and type approval testing continue to create uncertainty for shipowners despite the reassurances of the equipment manufacturers, according to Wendy Laursen.

Sven Jadzinski, senior product manager marine, at GEA Westfalia Separator Group looks at GEA’s approach to efficient and compliant ballast water treatment.

Current scrubber systems focus on the removal of SOx and NOx from ship engines rather than polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and particulate matter (PM) that end up in the scrubber effluent, writes…

Bill Davidson, chief engineer of California Maritime Academy’s research and training vessel Golden Bear, has now had hands-on experience with three different ballast water treatment systems, writes Wendy Laursen.

Some operators are deliberately flouting bilge water discharge rules, writes Wendy Laursen.

In its drive to be a complete systems supplier to the maritime industry, Wärtsilä is looking far beyond its core propulsion-related product portfolio.

Of the latest build to come out of Ulstein’s yard, Haavard Stave says: “Although is called ‘Seven Viking’, should really have ‘Victorinox’ stamped onto it like a Swiss Army knife, it has…