Tag: ballast
GWRC Offers Testing for Ballast Water Treatment Technologies
The Great Waters Research Collaborative (GWRC) is currently seeking applications from developers of novel technologies for ballast water treatment or rapid analysis.
The goal of...
Canadian Government Testing B-QUA Ballast Water Equipment
The Government of Canada is testing aqua-tools’ B-QUA ballast water sampling and monitoring kit for possible use in the Canadian ballast water surveillance programme.
The...
Increased Cooperation to Support Great Lakes Transportation
The Great Lakes are a critical shared waterway, and cooperation between the United States and Canada has been key to the safety and efficiency...
Potential Impacts of Viruses in Ballast Water Unknown
A new study has demonstrated that some of the smallest inhabitants of ballast water may prove to be the most destructive, and that the...
BC Screens for Quagga and Zebra Mussels
British Columbia inspected a record 24,500 watercraft for quagga and zebra mussels in the 2016 boating season.
The inspections were run under the Clean Drain...
New Non-Native Species Confirmed in Lake Erie
A new, non-native species of zooplankton has been confirmed in the western basin of Lake Erie, making it even clearer that more stringent ballast...
U.S. Coast Guard Issued Final Agency Ruling on Ballast Water Treatment...
On July 12, London, Ont.-based Trojan Technologies received word from the United States Coast Guard (USGC) that the company's appeal of a USCG to...
The Catch-22 with Global Ballast Water Regulations and Trojan Technologies’ Efforts...
On a hot and summer evening in 1988, a group of researchers from the University of Windsor boarded a small vessel on Lake St....
