It was never going to be realistic to expect treated ballast water to have zero viable organisms on discharge. The G8 guidelines that define the type approval process for ballast water treatment ...

Ballast water sample. Image courtesy SGS. After much discussion and three rounds of votes, text for the interim guidance for ships ballasting in challenging, high sediment water was finally approved ...

Every time a cargo ship takes on ballast water, it picks up an invisible crew of organisms that could devastate ecosystems thousands of miles away. Here's how the shipping industry is trying to stop ...

Ships have always required ballast to operate successfully and safely. For millennia, ships carried solid ballast in the form of rocks, sand, roof tiles, and many other heavy materials. From the 1880s ...

Dublin, March 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Ballast Water Treatment Market Report 2025"has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report covers market characteristics, size and ...

Freshwater ecosystems are threatened by a host of environmental stressors from human activities. Among the most insidious and impactful of these is invasion by non-native species. Over the past two ...

Ships that transport goods around the world are carrying some dangerous stowaways. Tiny organisms travel from port to port in a ship's ballast water. And some of them have become invasive species, ...

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Austin, May 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ballast Water Treatment Market Size & Growth Insights: According to the SNS Insider,“The Ballast Water Treatment Market Size was valued at USD 6.88 billion in ...

The National Inland Waterways Authority has identified ballast water as the major cause of water hyacinth infestation on Nigerian waterways. The Lagos Area Manager of NIWA, Sarat Braimah, stated this ...