BWTS - Check Your Charter Party, Says North P&I;
Retrofitting vessels to comply with the upcoming BWM Convention may affect the vessels’ performance, ...
read more →Owners Sending Fewer Ships to Scrapyards
Shipowners’ interest is being diverted away from the recycling market with secondhand vessel values rising, ...
read more →New Zealand Becomes 54th State to Ratify BWM Convention
New Zealand has ratified the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, which is scheduled to enter into force on ...
read more →Marshall Islands Supports Five-Year Trial Period for BWMC
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry said that it will support proposals under which the shipowners ...
read more →MSI: BWMC to Recover Dry Bulk Market?
Despite being beset with technical challenges and shipowners opposition, the implementation of the IMO Ballast ...
read more →IMO Concerned with Stalled BWMC Ratifications
The ”disappointingly” slow pace of ratifications of the Ballast Water Management Convention and a ...
read more →IMO Should Not Jump the Gun on Ballast Water Convention
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) should not ratify the Ballast Water Management Convention if there is ...
read more →India Opens Door to Ballast Water Management Convention
India’s Union Cabinet approved the introduction of the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and accession ...
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