Tag: BWMS

IMO MEPC 70 meeting concluded last week with significant decisions regarding global sulphur cap, carbon emissions and BWM treaty which will enter into force on September 8th, 2017. Regarding the implementation of the BWMC, the Committee adopted ‘revised Guidelines for approval of ballast water management systems (G8)’.

Now convinced that the entry into force of the IMO Ballast Water Convention is imminent, Foreship explains how it can provide an independent assessment of the available ballast water management system retrofit options to assist owners.

Maersk Tankers announced that Wärtsilä’s Electro Chlorination (EC) Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) will be installed onboard three new 50,000 DWT medium range (MR) tankers being built at the SHI, China. The order was signed in the second quarter of 2016.

Damen Green Solutions and Evoqua Water Technologies have developed the DAMEN BALCON EC 1500 powered by the SeaCURE® BWMS as a direct result of customer demand for fast plug and play installation in the yard.

Sea-Bird Scientific is advancing technology for the rapid viability assessment of phytoplankton, designed specifically for ballast water analysis. This technology could meet a widespread need for rapid assessments on an operational basis by organizations like Port State Control

USCG members visited the Marine Environmental Resource Center (MERC), located in Baltimore, in order to see the BWMS testing environment, gain insight into the testing procedures and protocols, and speak with the scientists about BWMS testing challenges.

The Korean Register (KR) has announced that it has significantly expanded its land-based test facilities for Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) by opening a brand new specialist facility.

DNV GL has assessed and granted Type Approval certification to Evoqua Water Technologies for its SeaCURE BWMS.

The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center (MSC) has denied requests from four ballast water treatment system manufacturers to use an alternative testing method for Coast Guard type approval of their ultra-violet (UV) based ballast water management systems (BWMS).

The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie- BSH), which previously granted the Evoqua SeaCURETM Ballast Water Management (BWT) system type approval, has now certified the SeaCURE system to operate in volumes from 500-4,000m3/hr. suitable for a wide range of container, LNG, tanker and other vessels.