Ballast water solutions come to market

摘要

Administrations representing 35% of the world's fleet will have to ratify the International Maritime Organization's 2004 Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water & Sediments before it can enter into force. So far, only 3% have.rnWith even the leaders in developing the Convention, such as Sweden and Finland, slow to prepare legislation to ratify, entry into force will undoubtedly be a protracted process. Indeed, the International Chamber of Shipping has already, through the IMO's Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids, lobbied for a suspension 'for a limited period of time' of the first application date of the treatment portion of the the BWM Convention - 1 January, 2009 - covering newbuild ships of below 5000m~3 ballast water capacity. Under the current sweep of the convention, all newbuilds will have to feature ballast water treatment systems from 2012, while all existing ships will need to have the technology fitted by 2016.