Source: Lloyds June 2007 Ballast Water Treatment Technology – Current Status

Table 6: System Status: commercial development and approval

Manufacturer

G9 Active Substance 

Approval (If applicable)

Basic Proj. Final

G8 System Approval

Shipboard Landbased

Test Site Commercially 

Available

1

Units

Installed2

Projected 

Production3

Units/yr

Alfa Laval Tumba AB Apr-06 Dec-07 Dec-07 Apr-07 NIVA 2006 3 NA

MEPC 55/2/5; 56/2/1; 56/2/2 @

Annex. 5 [GESAMP]

UV w titanium dioxide catalyst a

www.alfalaval.com

Basic & Final Approval Jul-07

as “PureBallast”

MEPC 56/23 ¶ 2.8

Landbased completed; 

shipboard ongoing; typeapproval pending

Type approval 

in progress

Ecochlor Inc Aug-07 2008 Jun-08 June-08 ND 2006 2 NA

No MEPC submissions

Chlorine dioxide

http://www.ecochlor.com/

None

No MEPC submissions

Applicant to USCG STEP 

program 

(73 FR 18543; 18545, Apr 4, 

2008))

No type 

approval

Electrichlor Inc NA NA NA NA ND 2006 0 240

No MEPC submissions

EL/EC b

www.electrichlor.com/

None

No MEPC submissions

Unknown No type 

approval

Environmental Technologies Inc -- 2008 2007 2008 ND 2008 0 24 - 48

No MEPC submissions

Ozone & ultrasound

www.zebra-mussels.com/

None

No MEPC submissions

Unknown No type 

approval

Gauss NA NA NA NA ND NA 0 NA

MEPC 53/2/11, Annex 2

UV c

www.gauss.org

c Unknown No type 

approval

Greenship Jul-07 Oct-07 Jull-07 Jul-07 NIOZ 2006 2 NA

MEPC 57/2/7

EL/EC

www.greenship.com

Earliest possible basic 

approval = Oct. 08 (MEPC 58)

Some land based testing Aug -

Sept 2007 

No type 

approval

Hamann AG Dec-05 Jun-07 Jun-07 NIOZ 2006 1 NA

MEPC 53/2/11, Annex 3; 53/2/12; 

54/2/12, Annex 5 [GESAMP]; 

56/2/10; 57/2/5; 57/2/10, Annex 7 

[GESAMP]

Basic Approval Mar-06

MEPC 54/21 ¶ 2.8

Final Approval Apr-08 MEPC 

Landbased completed Sep-07;

Shipboard ongoing

No type 

approval
Manufacturer

G9 Active Substance 

Approval (If applicable)

Basic Proj. Final

G8 System Approval

Shipboard Landbased

Test Site Commercially 

Available

1

Units

Installed2

Projected 

Production3

Units/yr

“Peraclean” d

www.hamannag.com

57/XX ¶ XX

Hitachi Mar-08 Mar-09 Mar-09 Jul-08 ND 2009 0 50

MEPC 57/2/2; 57/2, Annex 5

Coagulation/Separation Basic Approval Apr-08

MEPC 57/XX ¶ XX

Ongoing No type 

approval

Hyde Marine -- -- NA NA ND 2000 7 70

No MEPC submissions

UV c

www.hydemarine.com

c

Applicant to USCG STEP 

program

(73 FR 18544, Apr 4, 2008))

No type 

approval

JFE Engineering Corporation Mar-08 Jul-09 NA NA ND 2009 0 NA

No MEPC submissions

Chlorine

http://www.jfe-rd.co.jp/en/index.html

None

No MEPC submissions

Unknown No type 

approval

Marenco Technology Group inc NA NA NA NA MLML NA 0 240 - 360

No MEPC submissions

UV c

www.marencogroup.com

c Unknown No type 

approval

MH Systems Inc4

-- Aug-08 Jul-08 Dec-07 SIO 2006 0 240

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Dec-06 2009 2008 2008 ND NA 0 10

Mitsui Engineerg. & Shipbuildg. May-06 Mar-08 Dec-07 Dec-07 JAMS 2009 1 40 - 100

NEI Treatment Systems LLC4 5 5 5 5 NOAA 2006 2 200

Nutech 03 Feb-07 2008 2008 2008 KORDI 2007 2 50

Oceansaver AS -- -- Dec-07 Oct-07 NA 2007 0 NA

Optimarin AS -- Jun-08 Dec-07 NA NIVA 2006 7 NA

Qwater -- -- NA NA ND 2008 0 NA
Manufacturer

G9 Active Substance 

Approval (If applicable)

Basic Proj. Final

G8 System Approval

Shipboard Landbased

Test Site Commercially 

Available

1

Units

Installed2

Projected 

Production3

Units/yr

Resource Ballast Technology NA NA 2007 2007 SAMSA/AISA 2008 0 NA

MEPC 56/2/3

RWO Marine Oct-06 Apr-08 Dec-07 Jul-07 MWB 2007 1 NA

MEPC 53/2/11, Annex 1; MEPC 

56/2/10

Severn Trent De Nora Dec-07 Dec-08 Dec-08 Jan-07 USNRL 2007 0 50

Techcross NA NA Aug-07 Aug-07 KORDI 2007 0 100

ATG Willand -- NA NA NA ND NA 0 NA

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1/ Year commercialised or anticipated for commercialisation for ballast water treatment

2/ Refers to existing installations

3/ Figures for 2009, production capacity projected to increase in following years

4/ IMO ‘G8’ ballast water management systems approval protocol does not lend itself to testing of this type of technology

5/ Tests comparable to IMO ‘G8’ ballast water management systems testingl protocol stated to have been completed prior to introduction of ‘G8’ protocol

KORDI Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute; JAMS Japan Association of Marine Safety; NIVA Norweigan Institute for Water Research; 

USNRL US Naval Research Laboratory; NOAA US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; SAMSA South African Department of Transport; 

AISA Agricultural Institute of South Africa; SIO Scripps Institution of Oceanography; MLML Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; MWB Motorenwerke 

Bremerhaven 

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a/ Information on disinfection processes throughout this column from Lloyds June 2007, Table 3

b/ EL/EC = electrolysis/electrochlorination

c/ G9 approval process applies to systems that make use of Active Substances in order to comply with the Convention. Although purely UV-based systems 

would not seem to fall within scope of G9, at least one UV system (‘Glo-enPatrol’ system) has been submitted for G9 review (MEPC 57/2/4) and received Basic 

Approval MEPC 57/X ¶ 2.XXX; 57/2/10, Annex 6 [GESAMP]. MEPC also is considering whether to have all systems screened by GESAMP to determine if 

they make use of Active Substances in order to promote uniform interpretation and application of G9 approval process. See, BLG 12/5/1; MEPC 57/XXX ¶ XX

d/ Peraclean is a proprietary formulation containing peroxyacertic acid and hydrogen peroxide. This product received a conditional FIFRA registration in 

Sep-07 for use in ballast water treatment (Registration No. 54289-10).