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Ship Managers with vessels covered under the 2013 VGP are required to submit the annual report by February 29th 2024 (for activities conducted from January 1st 2023 until December 31st 2023).
Read moreShip Managers with vessels covered under the 2013 VGP are required to submit the annual report by February 29th 2024 (for activities conducted from January 1st 2023 until December 31st 2023).
Read moreSkuld Club's local correspondents, Omur Marine, inform informs about the recent pollution rates in effect since January 1st 2024, pursuant to the Turkish Environmental Code.
Read moreCanada's Minister of Transport, Pablo Rodriguez, has announced investments of up to $10.9 million for four projects through the Oceans Protection Plan (OPP) to improve ballast water management systems in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River region to combat aquatic invasive species.
Read moreDuring PSCC56 it was discussed that there are still some effects of the Covid-19 pandemic faced by PSCOs during the inspections, the Paris MoU informed in a recently published circular. Effects are mainly related to Ballast Water management (BWM) and the increased number of PI vessels calling into ports.
Read moreLloyd’s Register (LR), in collaboration with SDC Ship Design and Consult, has developed a new concept for the use of ballast water tanks in place of cofferdams around methanol tanks, allowing ship operators more space for methanol fuel technology.
Read moreIndia Ship Registry has issued a new Merchant Shipping Notice including clarifications on the interpretation of MARPOL Annex IV. Among others, it explains when exceptional storage of treated wastewater, or Grey Water in ballast water tanks is permitted.
Read moreBrazil is a party to the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention (the Convention), and the procedure for ballast water management is regulated locally by the Maritime Authority Norm n. 20 (NORMAM 20) which, similarly to the Convention, establishes two treatment procedures, i.e. regulations D-1 and D-2, the Japan P&I Club informs.
Read moreERMA FIRST has received the coveted South Korean flag Type Approval for its market-leading ERMA FIRST FIT ballast water treatment system.
Read moreAs UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a container ship was on passage. In the engine room, the electrician was pondering how to repair a fault with the ship’s ballast water treatment system (BWTS), which needed to operate on arrival into port the next day.
Read moreA year from now, all vessels subject to the Ballast Water Management Convention must have an approved ballast water treatment system installed onboard, Gard P&I Club experts highlight.
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