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September 2018
The Maritime Executive
The Maritime Executive – September, 2018

ClassNK Warns of BWTS Bottleneck in 2022:

Class Society ClassNK is urging shipowners to begin the process of installing ballast water treatment systems on their existing vessels soon. The phase-in timeline for the BWTM regulation will hit a disproportionate number of ships in 2022, ClassNK warns, raising the prospect of a bottleneck.

“As difficulties are expected in the installation of BWMS if everyone around the world waits until 2022, ClassNK recommends installing early,” the class society said.
August 2018
Dr. Dennis King’s Article
Previously, on August 30th we forwarded following excerpts from Dr. Dennis King’s article in the Maritime Executive:

“After over 20 years of research and negotiations, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the US Coast Guard (USCG) are starting to implement and enforce ballast water (BW) regulations………..60,000 ships will need to spend an average of $1 million to $ 2 million each to purchase and install BWMS. This is resulting in eye popping predictions about enormous growth in global BWMS to well over $100 Billion” .

August 2018