The Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022 introduces legislation into UK law New laws have now come into force which will further protect…
10/06/2016 – Peru has acceded to the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWM Convention), the IMO treaty designed to counter the threat to marine ecosystems by potentially invasive species transported in…
Criteria for entry into force of BWM Convention not yet reached – further ratifications needed Insufficient tonnage to trigger entry into force despite recent ratifications Following the spate of ratifications…
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) will hold the 4th Ballast Water Conference in London, set to discuss what the challenges are and how to harness the opportunities…
The global trade association for merchant shipowners, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has modified its stance towards the ratification by governments of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ballast Water…
Interferry has praised a decision at last week’s meeting of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) that could exempt certain ferry operators from fitting equipment required by the impending…