More time needed to install ballast water treatment systems

Sustainability

Monday, December 17, 2012

Requirements to install ballast water treatment systems on some 70,000 ships will “put unattainable demands on ship repair facilities, engineering capabilities and on the relatively small number of manufacturers that have developed suitable treatment equipment," said a statement issued last week by associations representing shipbuilders, classification societies and shipowners. A press release expressing concerns about the International Maritime Organization's Ballast Water Managem...

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