Finland has acceded to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention), triggering the 2017 entry into force of an international ...

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 ...

Introduction -- Vessels and Ballast Water -- The Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens with Ballast Water and their Impacts -- Policy and Legal Framework and the Current Status of ...

Action Item: Although the ratification of the IMO’s Ballast Water Convention will not alter U.S. compliance obligations, industry stakeholders must now consider their obligations under international ...

When development began on the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWM Convention) in 2004, invasive aquatic species transported in ships’ ballast water tanks were considered as significant an ...

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 ...

17 February 2014 MUSCAT -- The International Conference on the management of ballast water discharge and invasive marine species kicks off today at Shangri La Hotel under the auspices of Sayyid Hamoud ...

In this video, we investigate the issue of invasive species carried within ship's ballast water. We look at different ...

Stricter regulations and advances in ballast water treatment technology have reduced the introduction of aquatic invasive species (AIS) into the Great Lakes over the past decade. An innovative ship ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYS: CCC) announced today that its Hyde GUARDIAN ® Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS), developed and manufactured by its wholly owned ...

poses a challenge - Key market players include AB SKF, ALFA LAVAL, BioMicrobics Inc., BIO UV Group, Calgon Carbon Corp., Ecochlor Inc., Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, GEA Group AG, Headway Technology ...