aqua-tools, the specialist in water microbiology, has delivered the first in series of 30 state-of-the-art Rapid ATP Ballast Water Monitoring Systems to SGS Group. The Geneva-based testing and certification body…
16/03/2016 – The Global Ballast Water Test Organizations Network (GloBal TestNet) has been meeting in Montreal, Canada, ahead of the 6th Global Environment Facility (GEF)-United Nations Development Program (UNDP)-IMO GloBallast R&D…
Wärtsilä Corporation, 27 May 2015 at 10.30 am EET – Wärtsilä has received another important order for its Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS). Three new container ships being built for…
A new online learning portal including a free e-learning course on the Operational Aspects of Ballast Water Management (BWM) was launched today (27 April 2015) by the GEF-UNDP-IMO GloBallast Partnerships Programme and…
Korean Register (KR) – an IACS member classification society – announces that it has been accepted by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) as an Independent Laboratory (IL) to undertake…
Wärtsilä Corporation, 15 December 2014 at 11 am EET – Six new bulk carriers, being built at the Namura and Onomichi shipyards in Japan, are to be fitted with 12 Wärtsilä…
10/11/2014 IMO’s Stefan Micallef, Director, Marine Environment Division, delivered the keynote address at the 7th International Conference & Exhibition on Ballast Water Management 2014 (ICBWM 2014, 5-7 November) in Singapore. The…
14/10/2014 Turkey today (14 October) ratified the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention 2004, bringing the number of Contracting States to 43 countries, representing approximately 32.54% of world merchant shipping tonnage.…
Wärtsilä Corporation, 13 June 2014 at 9.30 am EET – A new semi-submersible accommodation and construction vessel (floatel) being built for Floatel International AB, the Swedish offshore floatel owner and…
HOW WILL SINGAPORE RISE TO THE BALLAST WATER CHALLENGE? ASKS 1ST IMarEST BALLAST WATER TECHNOLOGY ASIA CONFERENCE The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water…
BIMCO ANNOUNCE STEP-BY-STEP GUIDANCE SERIES TO BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT LONDON: December 9, 2013: BIMCO have announced plans to release a guidance series that will navigate shipowners through ballast water management…
INTERTANKO welcomes the agreement reached this week by the IMO’s Member States in revising the implementation schedule for the Ballast Water Management Convention and urges all Governments to adhere to…
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The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meets for its 65th session this week, at IMO Headquarters in London. An important issue on the…