Ballast Water Management

A wash water monitoring system for ship exhaust gas cleaning manufactured by Chelsea Technologies, has achieved certification by ClassNK.

Ship owners are now able to treat their unmanaged ballast water or load cleaned ballast water in eight different Northern EU ports using Damen’s IMO certified InvaSave ballast water management treatment service.

The University of Maryland’s respected Maritime Environment Resource Center (MERC) is to stop testing ballast water management (BWM) systems for type approval, citing flaws in regulations.

Evoqua Water Technologies has signed an agreement with marine equipment supplier Hai Cheung Trading Co Ltd granting it a license to manufacture the SeaCURE system in China.

Water technology company De Nora has invested US$10 million to expand and upgrade its Chinese manufacturing capacity to keep up with growing demand.

Norwegian ballast water management specialist Optimarin has introduced a five-year global parts and service guarantee for its IMO and USCG type approved BWM system after requests from ship owners.

Coldharbour Marine’s inert gas based ballast water management system has always targeted bigger ships. Now the company has launched a new version of its gas-lift diffusion (GLD) plant designed specifically for large…