BWTS – Ballast Water Treatment Systems
Under Under IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), the implementation of a Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) on board has become important. BWTS is a system designed to remove and destroy/inactive biological organisms (zooplankton, algae, bacteria) from ballast water. For example, a ship that takes cargo from a place on the Atlantic Ocean takes sea […]