The United States Coast Guard, Marine Safety Center (MSC) updated the register of Letter of Intent (LOI) received from makers confirming their intention to seek USCG Type Approval for their Ballast Water Treatment Systems. The list is updated by end of June and includes twenty four (24) makers, representing less than 50 % of the market while at the same time it remains uncertain which systems they will seek approval bearing in mind that each maker may have one, two or more systems supplied in the market. The full list of the makers and the date Letter of Intent (LOI) receipt by USCG read as follows: # Ballast Water System Maker Date LOI Received 1 Alfa Laval PureBallast 13/8/2012 2 Desmi Ocean Guard A/S 7/2/2013 3 Panasia Co..LTD. 9/12/2013 4 Eaton 12/3/2014 5 Wartsila Senitec AB 17/4/2014 6 Trojan Marinex 28/4/2014 7 RWO GmbH, Marine Water Technology 26/6/2014 8 KSB Aktiengesellschaft 11/7/2014 9 Headway Technology Co., Ltd 13/8/2014 10 ERMA First Esk Engineering Solutions 1/10/2014 11 Evoqua Water Technologies LLC 16/10/2014 12 Optimarin AS 16/10/2014 13 JFE Engineering Corporation 18/11/2014 14 Ecochlor, Inc. 4/12/2014 15 Oceansaver AS 17/12/2014 16 Sunrui Marine Environment Engineering Co., Ltd. 3/2/2015 17 NEI Treatment ...
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