There are few other topics gathering more attention than ballast water exchange, as the chorus of environmental damage from the scientific community and howls of reform from the legislative community ...
The saltie Federal Welland docked in Superior on Tuesday is a perfect topic for the international discussion on ballast water. It's also a prototype of how the shipping industry is trying to fight ...
The zebra mussel’s aptitude as an invader is rivaled only by its skill as a lobbyist. In 1990, while the mussels’ mischief on the Great Lakes reached its height, Congress passed a law aimed at ...
Trials have begun on a new water sterilisation system for destroying the exotic marine species that hitchhike to Australia in ships' ballast water and cause environmental devastation. Researchers from ...
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday ended years of stalemate by giving final approval to a bill that will regulate ships' ballast nationwide and let Great Lakes states, as a group, add a more protective ...
TRAVERSE CITY -- Commercial ships must dump ballast water at sea or rinse their tanks if empty under a new federal policy designed to prevent invasive foreign species from entering the Great Lakes and ...
If you and your crew are facing questions about ballast water management (BWM) and related regulatory deadlines, it would be worth your while to download a new (January 2021) “Ballast Water Management ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) &#8212 Commercial ships must dump ballast water at sea or rinse their tanks if empty under a new federal policy designed to prevent invasive foreign species from entering the ...