Ballast water sample. Image courtesy SGS. After much discussion and three rounds of votes, text for the interim guidance for ships ballasting in challenging, high sediment water was finally approved ...

The member Authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on Ballast Water Management from ...

WWF is delighted that another regulatory milestone has at last been achieved, after nearly 10 years of sustained advocacy efforts. The entry into force of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention ...

Ship owners and operators want to carry as little ballast as possible on a voyage. Increased ballast causes a reduction in ship speed and an increase in fuel consumption, or both, with associated ...

The supplementary information on thermal, electric pulse/pulse plasma, and acoustic technologies provided in this appendix is based primarily on data presented to the committee by equipment suppliers, ...