The Maritime Environmental Resource Center, headquartered at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, announced this week that it received approval from the U.S. Coast Guard as the first ...

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 ...

DESMI announced it is now offering advanced ballast water testing, analysis and evaluation services to help shipowners verify the quality of onboard ballast water to comply with the Ballast Water ...

HOUGHTON, Mich. (AP) - Technicians have used a vessel that hauls passengers to Isle Royale National Park for testing a refined treatment method to rid ships' ballast water of invasive species. Isle ...