Ratification of IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention is widely anticipated within the next 12 months and it could well be legally enforceable by the end of 2013. The intention is that almost all commercial vessels will have to be fitted with a ballast water management system (BWMS) by 2016. As a consequence, passenger ship owners and operators, along with the rest of the shipping industry, are having to evaluate which ballast water treatment technology is best suited to meet their req....

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