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Ballast Water in the News:

November 30, 2011
EPA issues Draft 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP). See section 2.2.3.2 for Proposed Ballast Water Regulations
Fall 2010
USGC Ballast Water Rule Update
May 2010
WaterWorld - Ballast Water Treatment Market Remains Buoyant.
March 2010
EPA publishes proposed protocols for the verification of ballast water treatment technologies
July 16, 2009
Presentation by Grontmij, an engineering consulting firm, on a comparison of ballast water treatment systems
July 14, 2009
NPR story on how treating ballast water could fight invasive species

December 15, 2011

Ecochlor Systems Type Approved to Capacities up to 16,000 m³/hr.

Ecochlor, Inc. announced today that it has received IMO Type Approval for its full line of Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS) with capacities up to 16,000 m³/hr from the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) of Germany. This completes the international approvals of all of Ecochlor’s Systems and confirms that they fully comply with the 2004 IMO International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship’s Ballast Water and Sediments.
November 09, 2011

Ecochlor Receives Type Approval from Germany.

Ecochlor, Inc. announced today that it has received IMO Type Approval for its Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) from the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) of Germany. This confirms that the Ecochlor BWTS fully complies with the 2004 IMO International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship’s Ballast Water and Sediments.
March 22, 2011

Ecochlor Shipboard Tests – All Zeros.

Shipboard tests prove, once again, that nothing survives the Ecochlor^® Ballast Water Treatment process. Three test cycles were performed on the bulk carrier, M/V Moku Pahu, in California between July, 2010 and February, 2011 by internationally recognized scientists from GoConsult of Hamburg, Germany. With these results, Ecochlor has now conducted ten consecutive test cycles - land-based and shipboard - over the last two years with no surviving organisms, therefore proving that our systems meet proposed US requirements of 100x IMO standards.

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November 29, 2010

Sojitz Bulk Carrier to be Equipped with Ecochlor Treatment System.

Sojitz Marine & Engineering Corporation, a shipping subsidiary of the Sojitz Corporation, is gearing up for a full-fledged advance into sales of ballast water treatment system. Behind this decision is the success of Sojitz Marine & Engineering in acquiring dealership rights domestically in Japan for the “Ecochlor Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS)” marine use ballast water treatment system manufactured by Ecochlor, Inc. of the United States. The first one of these systems for Japanese market will be mounted on an 83,000dwt Panamax-type bulk carrier owned by Sojitz that is scheduled for completion at the end of 2011.
September 30, 2010

Ecochlor, Inc. Receives IMO Final Approval at MEPC 61

Maynard, MA – (September 30, 2010) – Ecochlor, Inc. announced today that the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved its application for G9 Final Approval of the Ecochlor Ballast Water Treatment System at the MEPC 61 meeting in London. The approval was received at the recommendation of the GESAMP-Ballast Water Working Group. GESAMP is the international Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection responsible for reviewing and recommending approval of these applications. The application was submitted on Ecochlor’s behalf by the German Federal Maritime Agency, BSH.
September 9, 2010

Ecochlor, Inc. receives Brazilian patent for its Chlorine Dioxide (ClO₂) Ballast Water Treatment System for large ships.

Maynard, MA – (September 9, 2010) – Ecochlor, Inc. announced today that the company has been issued a patent in Brazil for its Ecochlor Ballast Water Treatment System, developed to remove unwanted organisms in ballast water. This is the fifth issued patent in Ecochlor’s patent portfolio. The patents disclose the apparatuses and methods of a ballast water treatment system that includes a control system and a ballast tank system whereby the control system controls the concentration of a biocide in the ballast tank system. The patent further covers the use of chlorine dioxide as the biocide for the treatment of ballast water.
September 1, 2010

GESAMP-BWWG Recommends IMO G9 Final Approval at MEPC 61 for Ecochlor

Ecochlor, Inc. announced today that the GESAMP-BWWG has recommended that Ecochlor’s application for G9 Final Approval be approved at the Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 61) in September. GESAMP is the international Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection responsible for reviewing and recommending approval of these applications. The application was submitted on Ecochlor’s behalf by the German Federal Maritime Agency, BSH.
December 1, 2008

Ecochlor, Inc. recieves first US Coast Guard STEP Approvals

Ecochlor announced today that the US Coast Guard has accepted the container ship M/V Atlantic Compass and the bulker M/V Moku Pahu into the Shipboard Testing Evaluation Program (STEP). Both ships are equipped with Ecochlor Ballast Water Treatment Systems.
October 13, 2008

Ecochlor, Inc. recieves IMO Guideline 9 Basic Approval at MEPC 58

ACTON, MASS – (October 13, 2008) – Ecochlor, Inc. announced today that the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved its application for Guideline 9 (G9) Basic Approval of the Ecochlor Ballast Water Treatment System at the MEPC 58 meeting in London.
January 4, 2007

Ecochlor, Inc. receives Korean patent for its Chlorine Dioxide Ballast Water Treatment System for large ships

ACTON, MASS - (January 4, 2007) - Ecochlor, Inc. announced today that the company has been issued a patent in Korea for its Ecochlor Chlorine Dioxide Ballast Water Treatment System, developed over the last four years to remove unwanted organisms in ballast water.