The discharge of ballast water used to balance a ship is a real man-bites-dog story. This is an issue where environmental groups, public health organizations, businesses, trade associations, tribes, ...

DULUTH — Federal regulators said new ships on the Great Lakes will need to install ballast water treatment systems, but existing ships that travel exclusively in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence ...

A cargo vessel's center of gravity, and thus its stability, alters as it loads and unloads cargo. During unloading, the center moves upward as the vessel gradually rises in the water, and so the ...

It was never going to be realistic to expect treated ballast water to have zero viable organisms on discharge. The G8 guidelines that define the type approval process for ballast water treatment ...

Freshwater ecosystems are threatened by a host of environmental stressors from human activities. Among the most insidious and impactful of these is invasion by non-native species. Over the past two ...

Ballast water sample. Image courtesy SGS. After much discussion and three rounds of votes, text for the interim guidance for ships ballasting in challenging, high sediment water was finally approved ...

The ballast water of saltwater ships that enter the Great Lakes could be treated effectively and relatively inexpensively at an on-land treatment plant, according to a study paid for by the Wisconsin ...

WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed rule today that would allow ships to continue releasing harmful concentrations of invasive species and disease organisms into U.S.

Two environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal court in San Francisco Monday for failing to do what Congress told them to do with respect to "ballast water." The ...

The Clean Water Act turned 50 last month. There was much to celebrate, but it’s also a good time to reflect on a critical task that remains undone. Recently, 160 organizations — environmental and ...

MATSUYAMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Miura Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese machinery manufacturer, today announced it has successfully completed another major milestone in acquiring U.S. Coast Guard (USCG ...