THE 22nd Ballast Water Management (BWT) Conference will take place on February 27-28 in Singapore, according to event organisers ACI (Active Communication International of Chicago), a unit of New York's Whitmore Group.
'Following the success of its previous editions, ACI's 22nd Ballast Water Management will provide essential, expert guidance to shipowner/operators on how to prepare for and manage the BWT systems in terms of selection, installation and technical operations in accordance with the compliances.
'It would provide an ideal platform for industry leading researchers, technology developers, industrial players and supply chain partners to converge. Bringing the pioneers together the conference aims to promote the methodologies, exchange of ideas and the way forward to commercialisation,' ACI said.
The key topics to be discussed during the two-day meeting include IMO's plans to support the global enforcement of BWM convention: productivity, compliancy and selection criteria of BWM solutions; and what elements to consider when developing retrofit and new build strategies.
Those attending are expected to be ship owners, operators and managers; flag and port state authorities; ship builders and repair yards; ballast water regulators; marine consultants; academia and the scientific community; as well as BWT system and service providers.
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'Following the success of its previous editions, ACI's 22nd Ballast Water Management will provide essential, expert guidance to shipowner/operators on how to prepare for and manage the BWT systems in terms of selection, installation and technical operations in accordance with the compliances.
'It would provide an ideal platform for industry leading researchers, technology developers, industrial players and supply chain partners to converge. Bringing the pioneers together the conference aims to promote the methodologies, exchange of ideas and the way forward to commercialisation,' ACI said.
The key topics to be discussed during the two-day meeting include IMO's plans to support the global enforcement of BWM convention: productivity, compliancy and selection criteria of BWM solutions; and what elements to consider when developing retrofit and new build strategies.
Those attending are expected to be ship owners, operators and managers; flag and port state authorities; ship builders and repair yards; ballast water regulators; marine consultants; academia and the scientific community; as well as BWT system and service providers.
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