The Norwegian firm says move shows customers that it will continue providing BWTS for many years to come It seems barely any time at all since IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention entered into force but after the sturm und drang, not to mention prevarication, that accompanied it today’s market for ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) […]
The ‘polluter pays’ principle is starting to hit shipowners where it hurts – in the pocket – when it comes to ballast water pollution of our oceans. Ships plying US waters have recently been slapped with heavy penalties and this can be the shape of things to come for shipping with wider regulatory enforcement to […]
With an eye on the post-retrofit ballast water treatment system (BWTS) market, Norwegian BWTS supplier Optimarin is in the process of establishing a manufacturing base in China to boost the availability of its systems for the Asian shipbuilding market. The company is currently pursuing partnerships with several Chinese suppliers to focus on high-quality production of […]