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The first ballast water treatment system (BWTS) for operation in fresh water has been presented on the 19th February 2015 in a special eventorganized by ERMA FIRST at the HUB EVENTS cultural center. More than 250 guests from the shipping world has the privilege to learn about the latest USCG legislation in ballast water treatment by Mr. John Stewart (President of International Maritime Technology Consultants Inc and standing member of the USCG in International Maritime Organization) and Mr. Gary Croot (Former commander of USCG and current President of IMESA Inc). During their presentation the two men also pointed out the technological demands that the systems should obtain in order to comply with USCG legislation. Fresh water treatment is one of the main requisitions in order to obtain the USCG certification. Dr Marcel Veldhuis (Director of Marine Eco Analytics-MEA) took the stand to explain the difficulty in treating fresh water. Due to its low salinity index and high load of organic material treating fresh water can be really challenging. Dr Veldhuis analyzed the test results coming from ERMA FIRST BWTS FIT. The system has successfully passed the conformity tests for fresh water treatment at the Institute ΜΕΑ- Marine Eco Analytics in ...

The shipping industry has supported efforts to address aquatic invasive species, but before it spends as much as $60 billion installing new ballast water treatment technology, a legal regime that offers greater clarity, predictability, and investment certainty is required, argues the World Shipping Council. Estimates used at the IMO have projected that that there are roughly 62,000 vessels that will need to install treatment technology under the IMO Convention once it enters into force. If one assumes that the technology may cost $1 million to $2 million per ship, a capital investment of well over $60 billion will be required. There are two principal legal regimes governing this issue. One is the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention, which will enter into force one year after ratifications by 30 or more member states that surpass 35% of the world’s merchant tonnage. Currently, the number of ratifications stands at 44 countries, representing 32.9% of the world’s tonnage. In short, it will not take much in the way of additional ratifications for the Convention to enter into force. The second is US law, which has important similarities and important differences from the IMO Convention. The US regime has adopted the IMO Convention’s ballast ...

Commercial vessels equipped with the ballast water treatment, developed by the Danish company Bawat A/S, have been approved to discharge treated ballast water in U.S. coastal waters. The U.S. Coast Guard has granted a so-called Alternate Management System acceptance for the Bawat ballast water management system for an interim period of up to five years. “We are very excited about the acceptance letter from Washington, D.C. This will allow for us to broaden the scope as we roll out our very innovative and competitive ballast water management system in the international marketplace,” says Kim Diederichsen, CEO of Bawat A/S. Kim Diederichsen expects to obtain a full type approval by the U.S. Coast Guard regarding U.S. waters well ahead of the expiration of the interim period. Previously, the Bawat system fulfilled ballast water management system requirements set by the International Maritime Organization, having completed all relevant tests as verified by the classification society DNV-GL and certified by the Danish Maritime Authority and the Danish Nature Agency. Bawat’s pioneering technology is made available while the commercial fleet all over the world is faced with a mandatory implementation of ballast water treatment. The International Maritime Organization convention is expected to enter into force ...

Servowatch Systems’ cooperation with UK-based Cathelco has resulted in a technically advanced new generation ballast water treatment system (BWTS). UK-based Servowatch, the global leader in automated ship control systems, has been working closely with Cathelco to develop a fully integrated alarm, monitoring, and process control system for its combination filtration and UV BWTS, a key component of the IMO approval process and U.S Coast Guard AMS acceptance. Cathelco’s Projects and Development Manager, Steve Ellis said: “We wanted to develop a ballast water treatment system that could remain effective in the most challenging water conditions and in order to do that we needed an advanced monitoring and control solution capable of automatically adjusting to different water qualities. Servowatch fully understood what we wanted to achieve and provided a solution that has allowed us to introduce one of the most advanced ballast water treatment systems currently in the market place.”   Wayne Ross, Servowatch Systems’ Chief Executive Officer, said: “By fully integrating Cathelco’s ballast water management system with a ship’s computer system, a single operator can control all of the functions from one location, saving considerable time and effort in complicated ballasting operations. But this is only one aspect of the technology; it ...

The California State Lands Commission (SLC) has published a letter addressing Ballast Water reporting requirements for vessels entering California. The vessels are required to submit the following three forms: Ballast Water Treatment Technology Annual Reporting Form Ballast Water Treatment Supplemental Reporting Form Hull Husbandry Reporting Form   To ensure compliance with reporting requirements under the Marine Invasive Species Act, operators are required to: Supply the Ballast Water Treatment Technology Annual Reporting Form, Ballast Water Treatment Supplemental Reporting Form and the Hull Husbandry Reporting Form (see below) to all vessel masters, owners, operators, or persons in charge; Inform vessel masters, owners, operators, or persons in charge of the submission requirements; Encourage submission of annual forms while a vessel is in California; and Remind clients that failure to comply with the form submission requirements may result in an administrative civil penalty. Penalties may be applied to the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of the vessel in an amount not to exceed $27,500 per violation, with each day of a continuing violation constituting a separate violation.   Ballast Water Treatment Technology Annual Reporting Form Beginning January 1, 2015, a vessel is required to submit this form once per calendar year ...

According to media, a new report published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin unveils that laboratory testing of treatment systems don't adequately measure BWTS effectiveness against three disease-carrying microbes that the regulations target. One of them, E. coli, can indicate the presence of fecal sewage. US EPA and the Coast Guard have set limits on the number of live organisms ballast water can contain, based on standards proposed by an international agency in 2004. To comply, ship companies must install technology that kills enough creatures to meet the limits. The Coast Guard declined to comment and EPA had no immediate reaction to the report. Further details may be found by reading relevant article on ABC News Tests of Ballast Water Treatment Systems are Flawed     In the outbreak, I was forthright with you propecia before and after has changed my existence. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is incredible to sit.

Hyde Marine, Inc., announced it recorded its 400th order for its Hyde GUARDIAN® Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS), which will be installed on a tug boat for an articulated tug barge (ATB) being built by VT Halter Marine at the company’s Pascagoula, MS, facility. The Hyde GUARDIAN Gold™ (HG60GS) unit was sold by W&O Supply, Inc., Hyde Marine’s exclusive sales distributor in the U.S. and Canada. According to John Platz, President of Hyde Marine, the announcement comes on the heels of the ballast water treatment company achieving its 300th order in early 2014. Particularly, the Hyde GUARDIAN Gold BWTS is ideal for retrofits as it provides the compact size required by a growing number of ship owners and operators. Hyde GUARDIAN Gold delivers the unique construction and technological specifications necessary to meet stringent ballast water treatment regulations. Source: Hyde MarineIn the starting, I was frank with you propecia before and after has changed my essence. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is improbable to sit.

Evoqua BWMS, already IMO type approved and USCG AMS accepted for use in all salinities, progresses to testing for USCG full type approval evaluation NSF independent testing completion anticipated by fall 2015 SeaCURE BWMS system based on proven, widely deployed Chloropac® marine growth prevention system technology  The NSF International Independent Laboratory (IL) will begin testing of Evoqua Water Technologies’ SeaCURETM ballast water management system (BWMS) in preparation of US Coast Guard (USCG) full type approval. The SeaCURE BWMS system has already received IMO type approval and USCG alternate management system (AMS) acceptance for capacities of 300-4,000 m3/h in all salinities. NSF testing is anticipated to be complete by fall 2015. NSF is the first IL to be accepted by the USCG for BWMS testing and is leading a partnership including Retlif Testing Laboratories, the Maritime Environmental Resource Center (MERC) and the Great Ships Initiative (GSI) to test and evaluate BWMS systems for USCG requirements. Land-based testing of the SeaCURE BWMS will begin with the start of the biological season in brackish water in spring 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland and will be followed by sea water tests in Norfolk, Virginia. Fresh water testing will be conducted by the GSI and is scheduled ...

The certification of ballast water treatment systems is on the agenda at the 6th GloBal TestNet Forum, hosted by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in Plymouth, UK (9-11 December). This 6th Forum is the first independent meeting organized by the GloBal TestNet group, which was initiated by the GEF-UNDP-IMO GloBallast Partnerships Programme under its Global Industry Alliance (GIA) 6 years ago. IMO’s Aicha Cherif and Antoine Blonce are observing the meeting, the first objective of which is to establish a permanent secretariat, followed by presentations by the test facilities and group discussions to enable the group to provide input to the Study on the implementation of the D-2 standard to be submitted to IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee in 2016. Source & Image Credit: IMO In the start, I was forthright with you propecia before and after has changed my life. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is improbable to sit.

How the Cathelco BWT system works Cathelco have received Alternate Management Systems (AMS) acceptance from the U.S. Coast Guard for their ballast water treatment system. AMS acceptance is a temporary designation given to ballast water treatment systems approved by a foreign administration. It enables BWT systems to be used on vessels for a period of up to five years, while the treatment system undergoes approval testing to Coast Guard standards. “This is an important milestone in achieving full U.S. Coastguard Type Approval. It means that vessels fitted with our system can go anywhere in the world without restriction”, said Peter Smith, sales director of Cathelco Ltd. The Cathelco system received IMO Type Approval earlier this year and is based on a combination of filtration and UV technology. “We are one of the few BWT system manufacturers using UV technology that has no restrictions on the salinities in which ships can operate in US waters. Our system has been approved and accepted to work in marine, brackish and fresh water, allowing vessels to enter the Great Lakes and other inland waterways”, Mr Smith explained. As one of the new generation of BWT systems tested to the latest and more rigorous IMO ...