In line with the Intertanko-led joint proposal last year, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed to a rescheduling of the International Ballast Water Management Convention ...

Canada’s Fednav Ltd. fleet of saltwater ships that visit Great Lakes ports is installing ballast-water treatment systems in 12 of its new ships now under construction. The announcement, made Wednesday ...

DULUTH — Federal regulators said new ships on the Great Lakes will need to install ballast water treatment systems, but existing ships that travel exclusively in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence ...

Coldharbour Marine, developer of an in-tank, in-voyage and inert gas-based ballast water treatment system for large tankers, bulkers and LNG vessels, has signed an agreement with Sembcorp Marine that ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota is giving Great Lakes freshwater freighters an extra two years to install ballast water treatment technology. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Monday issued draft ...

ALBANY, New York, February 5, 2010 (ENS) – A New York State appeals court has dismissed a challenge brought by shipping interests against the state’s new ballast water requirements, intended to keep ...