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Just days after I lined up Panama against Finland in the final race for ratification of IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention Finland breasted the tape on 7 September setting the date for its entry into force a year later... Read more
Mon 26 Sep 2016
OceanSaver has submitted its application for US Coast Guard type-approval today... Read more
Fri 23 Sep 2016
Electrical systems manufacturers and other equipment suppliers can expect a boost to their business following ratification of IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention... Read more
Alfa Laval became the first ballast water management system supplier to reapply for US Coast Guard type-approval today (21 September).... Read more
Wed 21 Sep 2016
Optimarin has become the first ballast water management system maker to apply for US Coast Guard type-approval since some UV-based systems were rejected last year... Read more
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In this exclusive summary for BWTT, Captain Andrew Norris, US Coast Guard (retired), reviews the update to the USCG’s Alternate Management System, published earlier this month... Read more
Fri 29 Jul 2016
Unless a ship’s crew is properly trained to operate its ballast water management system “it costs money in servicing and broken parts and gives the captain a headache in running the ship”... Read more
Mon 25 Jul 2016
Shipyards across the globe saw a peak in activity in the last quarter of 2015 as shipowners sprang into action... Read more
Tue 28 Jun 2016
You could go on holiday in August and find the convention has come into force when you return in September... Read more
Wed 15 Jun 2016
It has been an eventful month. We have seen premature excitement over two flag states that some thought had ratified IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention and the first ever reduction in the percentage of the world fleet... Read more
Tue 03 May 2016
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