Wartsila Ballast Water Treatment with Trojan Technologies
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- Category: New Technology and Products
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11 Nov 2011
- Written by Infomarine On Line
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has in 2004 adopted the Global Ballast Water Convention, mandating that ballast water must be treated prior to releasing it in another ecological zone.
For the Convention to come into force, it must be ratified by at least 30 countries representing 35 percent of the global fleet's dead weight tonnage.
At the moment 30 countries representing 26,4 percent of the dead weight tonnage have ratified the convention, and full ratification is expected to occur in late 2011 or early 2012.
