The USCG Marine Safety Information Bulletin MSIB 007-17 dated June 30, 2017 reminds masters, owners, operators, agents and persons-in-charge of vessels that the United States

With the ratification of the Ballast Water Management Convention, shipowners are pressed to decide which treatment systems to choose.

As the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention’s D1 September 8th deadline looms, ship owners must secure International BWM Certificates and approved BWM plans for their ships.

The MEPC, at its 71st meeting this week, reached a compromise on compliance dates for ballast water discharge.

In June, Alfa Laval signed frame agreements with two different shipowners for the supply of Alfa Laval PureBallast systems. The systems will be delivered during a three-year period and retrofitted on tankers and bulk carriers.

Delegates at the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee 71, due to gather in London during the first week of July, may well have the last chance to ensure that the long-delayed Ballast Water Convention is implemented, as intended, in an orderly fashion when ships undergo their special surveys, once every five years.