Ballast Water Management

The US Coastguard awarded type approval to Beijing-based COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Co. for its Blue Ocean Shield (BOS) ballast water management system (BWMS) on 7 September.

In a bid to expand its ballast water treatment systems to land-based operation, Korean-based Techcross has acquired former LG Electronics subsidiaries, LG Hitachi Water Solutions and HiEntech.

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply its Aquarius UV ballast water management system (BWMS) for four bunkering ocean tanker vessels operated by Doorae Shipping, the first ever BWMS retrofit contract signed by Wärtsilä…

Damen Green Solutions mobile ballast water treatment system has demonstrated its capability to help ships meet the International Maritime Organisations D2 standard which came into force on 8 September.

In a bid to achieve approval from both the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the US Coast Guard (USCG), Hapag-Lloyd is testing an SKF ballast water management system (BWMS) on board a…

The recovery of the offshore shipping segment is playing a key role in driving the revenues of ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin.

One of the newest ballast water management systems on the market is aiming to make a splash in the high ballast dependent market.

US-based Ecochlor has won a contract to supply seven Euronav Suezmax and VLCC tankers with a ballast water management system (BWMS).

French UV-based treatment company, BIO-UV Group, has secured a contract to retrofit a BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system (BWTS) to a 28,890 tonne cruise ship.

Turkish Shipowners Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) Group has signed a fleet agreement, valued at SEK210 million (USD22.2 million), for Alfa Laval to supply PureBallast 3 systems to around 228 vessels on behalf…