Ballast Water Treatment
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BWM Convention Modification Enter into Force
The amendments to an international treaty aimed at preventing the spread of potentially invasive species in ships’ ballast water came into force yesterday (October 13), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said…
Alfa Laval Wins USCG type Approval for Largest BWTS
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) presented a type approval certificate for the largest PureBallast 3 reactor size: 1500 m3/h, on 15 May. Customers can now select any PureBallast 3 system configuration for use in United States…
ABS Supports Ballast Water Compliance
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a global provider of classification and technical advisory services to the marine and offshore industries, published its 2019 Ballast Water Management Advisory providing critical advice…
DESMI Bags Frame Agreement for Sea Tankers Fleet
Denmark-based developer of ballast water management systems (BWMS), DESMI Ocean Guard A/S announced that Sea Tankers have selected its CompactClean BWMS for installation on their existing fleet of vessels, and also…
Visser Shipping Installs Scrubber in Boxships
Netherlands-based Visser Shipping has signed a contract with exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) supplier Value Maritime to outfit three container ships with scrubbers, with an option for a fourth scrubber. In 1995 Visser…
Valmet to Supply Scrubber Systems to DSME
Finnish technology company Valmet Oyj will supply exhaust gas cleaning system (scrubber system) for seven new building container vessels, which will be built in South Korea by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering…
Sri Lanka, Korea Pact on BWMS
Sri Lanka's leading ship repair, ship building, heavy engineering and offshore engineering facility Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) inked an agreement with PANASIA, Korea as a partner for Ballast Water Management Systems…
ABS Updates Best Practices for BWMS
The global provider of classification and technical advisory services to the marine and offshore industries ABS published its updated Best Practices for Operation of Ballast Water Management (BWM) Systems Report…
Scrubber Safe for Environment: Carnival
Carnival Corporation has released the results of an independent, two-year scientific scrubber wash-water study. The study shows the company’s advanced air quality systems (i.e. scrubbers) are in compliance with the…
Bilfinger Sees Huge Potential in Scrubber Market
The international maritime shipping industry is increasingly using emission-reducing flue-gas desulfurization systems provided by Bilfinger, claimed the German engineering company. Following additional orders in recent…
Lloyds Approves New Scrubber Technology
The Netherlands-based Value Maritime has received the International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) certificate from Lloyds for its scrubber system. A press release from the engineering and ship financing company said…
ICE Bags Scrubber Retrofit Contract
Europe's largest independent ship design company International Contract Engineering (ICE) announced that it has won new contracts for scrubber retrofit design services for a series of container vessels for a leading…
MSC Secures Scrubber Loan For 86 Vessels
Container shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has secured a USD 439 million financing to fit 86 exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) or scrubbers to its fleet. BNP Paribas (BNPP) was the co-ordinating bank…
Wärtsilä Bags New Orders for Aquarius UV BWMS
Finnish technology giant in the marine and energy markets Wärtsilä Oyj announced that it has recently been awarded a number of contracts to supply its Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) to global shipping…
Quantum Pacific: $40m 'Green Loan' for Scrubbers
Singapore-based Quantum Pacific Shipping (QPS) has received a loan from BNP Paribas to finance the purchase and installation of exhaust gas cleaning systems on its vessels. The loan up to $40 million is arranged on…
Ardmore Shipping Refinances Three Vessels
Bermuda-based product and chemical tankers owner Ardmore Shipping Corporation announced that it has signed binding agreements for the refinancing of three vessels. The provider of seaborne transportation of petroleum…
Andritz Wins Order for Dry Scrubber
International technology Group Andritz has received orders from two renowned shipping companies to supply SeaSOx desulfurization systems for exhaust gas cleaning, thus confirming Andritz’s know-how in exhaust cleaning…
Ecochlor Harmonizes USCG and IMO Type Approvals
The provider of ballast water treatment solutions for ship builders Ecochlor announcef the complete harmonization of United States Coast Guard (USCG) Type Approval to their International Maritime Organization (IMO) Type…
Bio-Sea BWTS Installed in CMA CGM Antoine De Saint Exupéry.
France's BIO-UV Group has successfully installed and commissioned its Bio-Sea ballast water treatment system (BWTS) in CMA CGM's new flagship, the 400 m long, 20,600 TEU CMA CGM Antoine De Saint Exupéry. The vessel, one…
Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-Kg Signs BWTS Deal with Erma First
German based company, Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG signed an Agreement with Erma First S.A., manufacturer of Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS), for the installation of BWTS onboard its vessels. Erma Firstis…
Star Bulk Carriers to Equip its Fleet with Scrubbers
Star Bulk Carriers announced that it intends to equip its entire fleet with Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (scrubbers) before the January 1, 2020 implementation date of the new IMO sulfur emission cap regulation. The…
