Marine Engineering
Online ISSN : 1884-3778
Print ISSN : 1346-1427
ISSN-L : 1346-1427
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Some Troubles Caused on BWTS after Installed on New Ships or Retrofitted on In-service Ships
Hiromi Shiihara
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2022 Volume 57 Issue 6 Pages 746-750

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  Many ships in service have been started to be retrofitted BWTS (Ballast Water Treatment System) on board the vessel in the world and also new shipbuilding has started to be equipped BWTS with new design and construction for its installation after the regulation, the International Convention for the control and Management of ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 became effective on 8 September 2017. After then, ship owners have experienced some troubles and/or incidents on their BWTS installed or retrofitted in their vessels. This time, some troubles caused on BWTS's in some vessels will be shown in this paper.

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