Don’t fall foul of New Zealand’s regulations

Following on from our news story concerning the Environmental Award-winning HullWiper under  trial in Southampton, comes a report from P&I Club Gard on the consequence of not adhering to anti-biofouling best practice... Read more

Mon 23 Apr 2018

Change in BWTS type-approval status – what does it mean?

One company that has applied to the US Coast Guard (USCG) for amendment approval requests to its ballast water treatment system (BWTS) has asked Ballast Water Treatment Technology to pass on an explanation regarding the status of its BWTS within the USCG type approval system... Read more

Fri 20 Apr 2018

Exmar joins ballast-free LNG carrier design project for next phase

GTT, Lloyd’s Register and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation have embarked on the second phase of their ballast-free LNG carrier joint development project... Read more

Thu 19 Apr 2018

Envirocleanse vows to reapply for IMO final approval

Envirocleanse will reapply for ‘active substance’ final approval for the bulk chemical version of its inTank treatment system after its application was rejected during last week’s MEPC 72... Read more

Wed 18 Apr 2018

PSC report shows big rise in USCG BWM deficiencies

Ballast water management deficiencies recorded during US Coast Guard port state control inspections in 2017 were 99.1% more than in 2016... Read more

Tue 17 Apr 2018

Compliance improves, but sampling standards needed

Checks show that compliance is improving but reveal concerns over sampling port installations... Read more

Wed 25 Apr 2018

BWTT 2018 Comment

Wed 25 Apr 2018

Big bang fails to fire for BWMS makers

Implementation delays frustrate many manufacturers, but most remain optimistic... Read more

Tue 24 Apr 2018

Ballast-free design avoids need for BWMS

LNGC concept maintains propeller immersion stability without needing to ballast when unladen... Read more

Mon 23 Apr 2018

Containerised systems offer savings to specialist operators

Mon 23 Apr 2018