Tag: BWTS

OceanSaver has finalized all testing required for the USCG type approval application of BWMS. In close cooperation with ship-owner CSL, OceanSaver concluded testing along the Pacific coast of North America, facing a range of demanding conditions. All tests met USCG’s requirements.

On 22nd of April, PANASIA and Spliethoff Group made a contract for Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) retrofit project.

Ecochlor has completed all land-based and shipboard testing for USCG Type Approval Maynard.Ecochlor, Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of all land-based and shipboard testing at the Golden Bear Facility (GBF) in preparation for submission of the application for USCG Type Approval. The system was verified in all three salinities, 5 test cycles each, for a total of 15 consecutive and successful cycles to meet the USCG requirements.

Optimarin has signed a fleet agreement with UK shipowner and management company Carisbrooke for its market leading Optimarin Ballast System (OBS). The deal has the potential to encompass OBS retrofits on the firm’s entire fleet of 46 bulk and multipurpose vessels.

Following the United States Coast Guard (USCG) decision not to accept the most probable number (MPN) method in assessing ballast water treatment systems, tests of Alfa Laval PureBallast are underway using the USCGA-approved 5 chloromethylfluorescein diacetate (CMFDA) staining method. With completion expected during Q2 of 2016, the tests will enable a new USCG type approval application after receiving the results.

ClassNK has just released amendments to its Guidelines on the Installation of Ballast Water Treatment Systems. The latest Guidelines include alterations to the application date of the ballast water performance standard, additions and modifications of definitions, and a revision of standards for installation of ballast water treatment systems.

Alfa Laval is actively training its network of engineering partners for Alfa Laval PureBallast to ensure that requisite design and installation skills are in place to meet the demand

According to our readers' clicks, 2015 was all about Ballast Water Treatment and SOx Emissions, with a twist of world’s greenest ships filling in the Top 10 GREEN4SEA Articles list of 2015.

  USCG has revised its policy letter regarding the extension of implementation schedule for approved Ballast Water Management methods. On September 10, 2015, the U.S. Coast Guard issued a revised Policy Letter 13-01  to provide updated guidance to vessel owners and operators regarding Ballast Water Management methods. On November 16, 2015 the US Coast Guard issued a second revision of this policy letter including the following:   New paragraph 5 added regarding “original Compliance date” for vessels All other paragraphs renumbered accordingly New paragraph 6 (old 5) states that for extension the ‘next scheduled drydocking’ (after vessel’s ‘original compliance date’) will be considered In new paragraph 6 item 5 changed and request first and second scheduled dry docking dates after 1st January 2014 or 1st January 2016 as applicable   According to USCG policy letter the following guidance is applicable to the first scheduled drydocking and other drydocking dates for existing vessels: In all cases, a vessel’s “first scheduled drydocking” date for the purposes of compliance with the BWM implementation schedule is the date the vessel enters a drydock. For example, if a vessel enters drydock on or before December 31, 2015 and does not leave drydock until after January 1, ...