System Title Date File name

General Ballast Water Treatment Technology: Current Status Feb-10 0210LloydsReport

General

2009 Assessment of the Efficacy, Availability and 

Environmental Impacts of Ballast Water Treatment 

Systems for Use in California Waters Jan-09 2009CSLCTechReportFinal

General

October 2010 Update: Ballast Water Treatment 

Technologies for Use in California Waters 10/15/2009 CSLCTechUpdate2009_final

General

Density Matters: Review of Approaches to Setting 

Organism-Based Ballast Water Discharge Standards 2010 Lee_Density Matters- Excerpts for SAB

General

International Convention for the Control and 

Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 

- List of ballast water management systems that make use 

of Active Substances which received Basic and Final 

Approvals 9/24/2009 BWM.2-Circ.23.pdf

General Ballast Water Treatment Advisory 6/8/2010 ABS_BWMAdvisoryNotice.pdf

Ecochlor® Ballast Water 

Treatment System

STEP 2006 Application Form - Section 4.0: Proof of Ballast 

Water Treatment Performance 2006 Final - STEP Section 4

Ecochlor® Ballast Water 

Treatment System

Final report of the land-based testing of the Ecochlor®-

system, for Type Approval according to regulation-D2 and 

the relevant IMO guideline (April – July 2008) Feb-09 G8-Eco-_report_BSH-v8-final

Ecochlor® Ballast Water 

Treatment System

Final Environmental Assessment Review of the 

Application by Atlantic Container Lines for Acceptance of 

the Vessel M/V Atlantic Compass and the EcochlorTM Inc. 

Technology into the USCG Shipboard Technology 

Evaluation (STEP) Program Aug-08 USCG-2007-0042-0010.1

Electro-Clean Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Development of technologies on test facility and 

procedures for the land-based test as a type approval test 

at ballast water treatment system 2008 Electroclean barge

Electro-CleenTM System

Information on the Type Approval Certificate of the 

Electro-CleenTM System (ECS) 2/20/09 59-INF.6_Electroclean-TypeApp-ROK

GloEn-PatrolTM Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Type Approval Certificate of Ballast Water Management 

System 12/4/09 GloEn-Patrol Type Approval Certificate

Greenship's Ballast Water 

Management System Landbased Test Report - Test Cycle Summary 2007 Landb_Test_Rep_Summ_07_07

Hyde GUARDIAN Ballast 

Water Treatment System

Environmental Acceptability Evaluation of the Hyde 

GUARDIAN Ballast Water Treatment System as Part of the 

Type Approval Process 4/20/2009 environmental_acceptability_evaluation

Hyde GUARDIAN Ballast 

Water Treatment System

Final report of the land-based testing of the HydeGuardianTM -System, for Type Approval according to the 

Regulation D-2 and the relevant IMO Guideline (April - 

July 2008) Jan-09 G8-HM-final report MCA

Hyde GUARDIAN Ballast 

Water Treatment System Type Approval Certificate of Ballast Management System 4/29/2009 hyde_mca_cert

Hyde GUARDIAN Ballast 

Water Treatment System

Shipboard Trials of Hyde "Guardian" System in Caribbean 

Sea and Western Pacific Ocean, April 5th - October 7th, 

2008 Apr-09 hyde_shipboard_tests

Hyde GUARDIAN Ballast 

Water Treatment System

Type Approval of the Hyde GUARDIANTM Ballast Water 

Management System 5/7/2009 59-INF20_TypeApp-UK

Group 1: 3rd Party Reports

Group 2: Direct Data Reports on Separate BWMS
System Title Date File name

OceanSaver® Ballast 

Water Management 

System Det Norske Veritas Type Approval Certificate 4/8/2009 Oceansaver type approval certificate

OceanSaver® Ballast 

Water Management 

System Type Approval Certificate of the OceanSaver ® BWMS 4/17/2009 Nor-OceanSaver

OceanSaver® Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Information on the Type Approval Certificate of the 

OceanSaver® Ballast Water Management System 5/6/2009 59-INF17_OceanSaver-TypeApp-Nor

OptiMarin Ballast System Det Norske Veritas Type Approval Certificate 11/12/2009

Optmarin type approval certificate 

Z3_600_8349_20091112_133619

Peraclean Toxic Shock as New Ballast Water Treatment Fails Test 2/9/2010 lloyds 2010 peraclean article

SEDNA® ballast water 

treatment system using 

PERACLEAN® Ocean

Effective Protection Against “Stowaways”: Ballast Water 

Management System of Hamann and Evonik Receives 

Final Approval 6/11/2008 PeraClean-TypeApproval_PR

SEDNA®-System

Final report of the land-based and shipboard testing of 

the SEDNA®-system Mar-08 SEDNA Type Appr Test_results.nioz

SEDNA®-System

Summary of Additional Provisions of the Type Approval 

Certificate of Ballast Water Management System SEDNA 

250 of Hamann AG Aug-08

Type Approval Additional 

Provisions_HAMANN

SEDNA ® 250

Type Approval Certificate of Ballast Water Management 

System 8/16/2008 Ger_Sedna

PureBallast 250-2500 Det Norske Veritas Type Approval Certificate 6/27/2008 PureBallast Type Approval Certificate

Siemens SICURE Ballast 

Water Management 

System

A Great Lake Relevancy Preamble to the GSI Report on 

Land-Based Testing Outcomes for the Siemens SICURE 

Ballast Water Management System 4/28/2010 GLPreamble

Siemens SICURE Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Report of the Land-Based Freshwater Testing of the 

Siemens SiCURE Ballast Water Management System 5/15/2010 GSI-LB-F-A-1

NEI Venturi Oxygen 

Stripping (VOS)

Application for Type Approval Certification: NEI 

Treatment Systems' Venturi Oxygen Stripping Ballast 

Water Management System. Mar-07

VOS Application for Type Approval 

Certification

NEI Venturi Oxygen 

Stripping (VOS)

Short-term Toxicity Testing of a De-oxygenation Ballast 

Water Treatment to Receiving Water Organisms. Final 

Report. 8/29/2008 Short-term Acute Toxicity Testing

NEI Venturi Oxygen 

Stripping (VOS)

Short-term Chronic Toxicity Testing of a De-oxygenation 

Ballast Water Treatment to Receiving Water Organisms. 

Final Report. 3/27/2009 Short-term Chronic Toxicity Testing

NEI Venturi Oxygen 

Stripping (VOS) STEP 2006 Application Form. Mar-06 STEP Final Version 6-23-09

NEI Venturi Oxygen 

Stripping (VOS)

Evaluations of a Ballast Water Treatment to Stop Invasive 

Species and Tank Corrosion. 2005 Tamburri SNAME_2005_D09

NEI Venturi Oxygen 

Stripping (VOS)

Type Approval Certificate of Ballast Water Management 

System; Ballast Water Management System Type 

Approval Compliance Certificate

7/6/2009; 

7/8/2007; 

1/19/2010 NEI_IMO_BWM_TYPE_APPROVAL_CERTIFICATE

Severn Trent De Nora 

(BalPure)

Washington State Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Application 

Package Ballast Water Treatment System 8/8/2005 BWT System Application Package 8-8-05

Severn Trent De Nora 

(BalPure)

Marrowstone Sodium Hypochlorite Mesocosm September 

2004 Sep-04

Marrowstone Sodium Hypochlorite 

Mesocosm September 2004

Severn Trent De Nora 

(BalPure)

Environmental Assessment Review of the Application for 

Acceptance of the SeaRiver Maritime Inc. S/R American 

Progress and Severn Trent de Nora BalPureTM System into 

the Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program (STEP) Feb-09 USCG-2008-0126-0007.1

Group 3: G9 Files
System Title Date File name

Alfa Laval Ballast Water 

Management System 

(PureBallast)

Basic Approval of Active Substances used by PureBallast 

management system 4/21/2006 55-2-5_PureBal-Swe-Basic

Alfa Laval Ballast Water 

Management System 

(PureBallast)

Application for Final Approval of a ballast water 

management

system using Active Substances 12/15/2006 56-2-1_PureBal-Nor-Final

AquaStar Ballast Water 

Management System

Application for Basic Approval of AquaStar Ballast Water 

Management System 3/18/2010 61-2-1_AquaStar-Jap-Baasic

AquaTriComb BallastTM 

Water Treatment System

Application for Basic Approval of the AquaTriComb Ballast 

Water Treatment System 12/16/2008 59-2-8_AquaTriComb-Ger-Basic

AquaTriComb BallastTM 

Water Treatment System

Application for Basic Approval of the AquaTriCombTM 

Ballast Water Treatment System Corrigendum 6/29/2009 MEPC 59-2-8-Corr.1

"ARA Ballast" Ballast 

Water Management 

System (formerly Blue 

Ocean Guardian BWMS)

Application for Final Approval of "ARA Ballast" Ballast 

Water Management System 3/23/2010 61-2-5_ARA-ROK-Final

BalPure®

Application for Basic Approval of the Severn Trent DeNora 

BalPure® Ballast Water Management System 8/28/2009 60-2-9_BalPure-Ger-Basic

BalPure®

Application for Final Approval of the Severn Trent DeNora 

BalPure® Ballast Water Management System 3/28/2010 61-2-9_BalPure-Ger-Final

Blue Ocean Guardian 

(BOG) Ballast Water 

Management System

Application for Basic Approval of Blue Ocean Guardian 

(BOG) Ballast Water Management System 8/24/2009 60-2-5_BlueOceanGuardian-ROK-Basic

Blue Ocean Shield Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Basic Approval of the Blue Ocean Shield 

Ballast Water Management System 12/5/2008 59-2-2_BlueOceanShield-China_basic

BlueSeas Ballast Water 

Management System

Application for Basic Approval of the BlueSeas Ballast 

Water Management System 3/31/2010 61-2-12_BlueSeas-Sing-Basic

DESMI Ocean Guard 

Ballast Water 

Management System

Application for Basic Approval of the DESMI Ocean Guard 

Ballast Water Management System 8/19/2009 60-2-4_OceanGuard-Den-Basic

EcoBallast

Application for Basic Approval of the HHI Ballast Water 

Management System (EcoBallast) 12/9/2008 59-2-4_HHI-EcoBallast-ROK-Basic

EcoBallast

Application for Final Approval of HHI Ballast Water 

Management System "EcoBallast" 8/20/2009 60-2-1_EcoBallast-ROK-Final

Ecochlor® Ballast Water 

Treatment System

Application for Basic Approval of the Ecochlor® Ballast 

Water Treatment System 3/20/2008 58-2-2_Ecochlor-Ger-Basic

Ecochlor® Ballast Water 

Treatment System

Application for Final Approval of the Ecochlor® Ballast 

Water Management System 12/16/2008 59-2-9_EcoChlor-Ger-Final

Ecochlor® Ballast Water 

Treatment System

Application for Final Approval of the Ecochlor® Ballast 

Water Management System 3/28/2010 61-2-8_EcoChlor-Ger-Final2

EctoSysTM A Swedish Disinfection System 1/13/2006 54-INF-6_EctoSys-Swe-Basic

EctoSysTM

Basic Approval of Active Substances used by EctoSysTM 

electrochemical system 4/21/2006 55-2-4_EctoSys-Swe-Basic

ERMA FIRST

Application for Basic Approval of the ERMA FIRST Ballast 

Water Management System 3/29/2010 61-2-11_ERMA FIRST-GR-Basic

CleanBallast!

Comments on the report of the fourth meeting of the 

GESAMP-BWWG 2/4/2008 57-2-13_CleanBallast-Ger-Rebut

CleanBallast!

Application for Final Approval of a ballast water 

management system using Active Substances 9/7/2007 57-2-3_CleanBallast-Ger-Final-1
System Title Date File name

CleanBallast!

Application for Final Approval of the RWO Ballast Water 

Management System (CleanBallast) 11/28/2008 59-2_CleanBallast-Ger-Final-2

Electro-Clean Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Basic Approval of Active Substances used 

by Electro-Clean (Electrolytic Disinfection) Ballast Water 

Management System 12/16/2005 54-2-3_ElectroClean-ROK-Basic

Electro-Clean Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Final Approval of a ballast water 

management system using Active Substances (ElectroClean Electrolytic Disinfection) 9/7/2007 57-2-1_ElectroClean-ROK-Final

Electro-Clean Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Final Approval of a ballast water 

management system using Active Substances (ElectroClean Electrolytic Disinfection). Corrigendum 3/12/2008 57-2-1-Corr.1

Electro-Clean Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Final Approval of the Electro-Clean System 

(ECS) 3/20/2008 58-2_ElectroClean-ROK-Final

En-Ballast

Application for Basic Approval of Kwang San Co., Ltd. (KS) 

Ballast Water Management System "En-Ballast" 8/25/2009 60-2-7_EnBallast-ROK-Basic

GloEn-PatrolTM Ballast 

Water Management 

System Basic Approval of Active Substance used by GloEn-PatrolTM 9/7/2007 57-2-4_GloEnPatrol-ROK-Basic

GloEn-PatrolTM Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Final Approval of the GloEn-PatrolTM Ballast 

Water Treatment System 12/16/2008 59-2-7_GloEnpatrol-ROK-Final

Greenship's Ballast Water 

Management System

Application for Basic Approval of a combined ballast 

water management system consisting of sediment 

removal and an electrolytic process using seawater to 

produce Active Substances (Greenship Ltd) 12/20/2007 57-2-7_Greenship-Neth-Basic

Greenship Sedinox Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Final Approval of the Greenship Sedinox 

Ballast Water Management System 12/12/2008 MEPC 59-2-6_Greenship-Neth-Final

HiBallast

Application for Basic Approval of Hyundai Heavy 

Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) Ballast Water Management 

System (HiBallast) 8/24/2009 60-2-6_HiBallast-ROK-Basic

Hitachi Ballast Water 

Purification System 

(ClearBallast)

Application for Basic Approval of Active Substances used 

by Hitachi Ballast Water Purification System (ClearBallast) 9/7/2007 57-2-2_ClearBallast-Jap_Basic

Hitachi Ballast Water 

Purification System 

(ClearBallast)

Application for Final Approval of the Hitachi Ballast Water 

Purification System (ClearBallast) 12/11/2008 59-2-5_ClearBallast-Jap-Final

Hybrid Ballast Water 

Treatment System using 

Seawater Electrolytic 

Process

Basic Approval of Active Substances used by the Hybrid 

Ballast Water Treatment System using Seawater 

Electrolytic Process 12/14/2006 56-2_Hybrid-Jap-Basic

Kuraray Ballast Water 

Management System

Application for Basic Approval of Kuraray Ballast Water 

Management System 3/25/2010 61-2-6_Kuraray-Jap-Basic

MES Ballast Water 

Management System 

(FineBallast MF)

Application for Basic Approval of the MES Ballast Water 

Management System (FineBallast MF) 3/17/2010 61-2-3_FineBallast-Jap-Basic

NK Ballast Water 

Treatment System

Request for re-evaluation of the proposal for the approval 

of Active Substances 8/18/2006 55-2-27_NK-ROK-ReSubmit

NK Ballast Water 

Treatment System

Basic Approval of Active Substances used by NK Ballast 

Water Treatment System 4/20/2006 55-2-3_NK-ROK-Basic

NK-O3 BlueBallast System

Application for Final Approval of the NK-O3 BlueBallast 

System (Ozone) 3/21/2008 58-2-3_NK-ROK-Final-1

NK-O3 BlueBallast System

Application for Final Approval of the NK-O3 BlueBallast 

System (Ozone) 12/8/2008 MEPC 59-2-3_NK-ROK-Final-2
System Title Date File name

OceanGuardTM Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Basic Approval of the OceanGuardTM 

Ballast Water ManagementSystem 8/26/2009 60-2-8_OceanGuard-Nor-Basic

OceanGuardTM Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Final Approval of the OceanGuardTM Ballast 

Water ManagementSystem 3/25/2010 61-2-7_OceanGuard-Nor-Final

OceanSaver® Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Basic Approval of a ballast water 

management system using Active Substances 9/7/2007 57-2-6_OceanSaver-Nor-Basic

OceanSaver® Ballast 

Water Management 

System

Application for Final Approval of the OceanSaver® Ballast 

Water Management System (OS BWMS) 3/19/2008 58-2-1_OceanSaver-Nor-Final

Peraclean® Ocean

Application for approval of an Active Substance for Ballast 

Water Management 4/15/2005 53-2-12_PeraClean_Ger-Basic

Peraclean® Ocean

Application for approval of an Active Substance for Ballast 

Water Management. Corrigendum 5/27/2005 53-2-12-corr.1

Peraclean® Ocean & 

Sedna system

Application for Final Approval of a ballast water 

management system using Active Substances 9/7/2007 57-2-5_PeraClean(Sedna)-Ger-Final

PurimarTM Ballast Water 

Management System

Application for Basic Approval of Techwin Eco Co., Ltd. 

(TWECO) Ballast Water Management System (PurimarTM) 3/9/2010 61-2_Purimar-ROK-Basic

Resource Ballast 

Technologies System 

(cavitation combined with 

Ozone and Sodium 

Hypochlorite treatment)

Basic Approval of Active Substances used by Resource 

Ballast Technologies System (Cavitation combined with 

Ozone and Sodium Hypochlorite treatment) 4/6/2007 56-2-3_Resource-SAfr-Basic

Resource Ballast 

Technologies System 

(cavitation combined with 

Ozone and Sodium 

Hypochlorite treatment)

Application for Final Approval of the Resource Ballast 

Technologies System (Cavitation combined with Ozone 

and Sodium Hypochlorite treatment) 12/19/2008 59-2-10_Resource-SAfr-Final

Siemens SiCURE

Application for Basic Approval of the Siemens SiCURE 

Ballast Water Management System 12/19/2008 MEPC 59-2-11_SiCure-Ger-Basic

Special Pipe Hybrid Ballast 

Water Management 

System combined with 

Ozone treatment version

Basic Approval of Active Substances used by Special Pipe 

Ballast Water Management System (combined with 

Ozone treatment) 4/12/2006 55-2_SpecialPipe-Jap-Basic

Special Pipe Hybrid Ballast 

Water Management 

System combined with 

Ozone treatment version

Application for Final Approval of the Special Pipe Hybrid 

Ballast Water Management System (combined with 

Ozone treatment) 12/4/2008 59-2-1_SpecialPipe-Jap-Final-1

Special Pipe Hybrid Ballast 

Water Management 

System combined with 

Ozone treatment version

Application for Final Approval of the Special Pipe Hybrid 

Ballast Water Management System combined with Ozone 

treatment version (SP-Hybrid BWMS Ozone version) 3/17/2010 61-2-2_SpecialPipe-Jap-Final-2

Special Pipe Hybrid Ballast 

Water Management 

System combined with 

PERACLEAN ® Ocean (SPOSYSTEM)

Application for Final Approval of the Special Pipe Hybrid 

Ballast Water Management System combined with 

PERACLEAN ® Ocean (SPO-SYSTEM) 3/29/2010 61-2-10_SpecialPipeSPO-Jap-Final

Sunrui ballast water 

management system

Application for Basic Approval of Sunrui ballast water 

management system 8/24/2009 60-2-3_Sunrui-China-Basic
System Title Date File name

BalClor TM ballast water 

management system 

(formerly Sunrui BWMS)

Application for Final Approval of BalClor TM ballast water 

management system 3/22/2010 61-2-4_Sunrui-China-Final

TG Ballastcleaner and TG 

Environmentalguard

Application for Basic Approval of the ballast water 

management system using “TG Ballastcleaner and TG 

Environmentalguard” as Active Substances (Toagosei 

Group) 12/26/2007 57-2-8-TG-Jap-Basic

TG Ballastcleaner and TG 

Environmentalguard

Application for Final Approval of the JFE Ballast Water 

Management System (JFE-BWMS) that makes use of "TG 

Ballastcleaner® and TG Environmentalguard®" 8/20/2009 60-2-2-TG-Jap-Final

Peraclean Ocean, 

ElectroClean

Report of the first meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast Water 

Working Group (GESMP-BWWG) 2/28/2006 54-2-12_GESAMP-Rpt_1

Special Pipe Ballast Water 

Management System 

(combined with Ozone 

treatment), NK Ballast 

Water Treatment System, 

EctoSys

Report of the second meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast 

Water Working Group (GESMP-BWWG) 7/7/2006 55-2-16_GESAMP-Rept_2

Hybrid Ballast Water 

Treatment System using 

Seawater Electrolytic 

Process, NKO3 BWTS, 

PureBallast, PureBallast

Report of the third meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast Water 

Working Group (GESMP-BWWG) 4/13/2007 56-2-2_GESAMP-Rpt_3

Electo Clean System, Clear 

ballast System, 

CleanBallast! System

Report of the fourth meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast 

Water Working Group (GESAMP-BWWG) 12/19/2007 57-2_GESAMP-Rpt-4

Resource Ballast 

Technologies System, 

GloEn Patrol, SEDNA using 

Percaclean Ocean, 

OceanSaver

Report of the fifth meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast Water 

Working Group (GESMP-BWWG) 1/25/2008 57-2-10_GESAMP-Rpt_5

TG Ballastcleaner and TG 

Environmentalguard, 

Greenship's Ballast Water 

Management System, 

Electro-Clean System 

(ECS)

Report of the sixth meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast Water 

Working Group 7/14/2008 58-2-7_GESAMP-Rpt-6

OceanSaver, Ecochlor,

NK-O3 BlueBallast System

Report of the seventh meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast 

Water Working Group 7/28/2008 58-2-8_GESAMP-Rpt-7

Special Pipe Hybrid Ballast 

Water Management 

System (with Ozone), 

CleanBallast, 

NK-O3 BlueBallast System, 

Blue Ocean Shield, 

EcoBallast

Report of the eighth meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast 

Water Working Group (GESMP-BWWG) 4/8/2009 59-2-16_GESAMP-Rpt_8

ClearBallast, 

Greenship Sedinox, 

AquaTriComb

Report of the ninth meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast Water 

Working Group (GESMP-BWWG) 5/5/2009 59-2-19_GESAMP-Rpt_9

GloEn-Patrol, Ecochlor, 

SiCURE, Resource Ballast 

Technologies System

Report of the tenth meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast Water 

Working Group (GESMP-BWWG) 10/30/2009 60-2-11_GESAMP-Rpt_10
System Title Date File name

ATLAS-DANMARK, TG 

Ballastcleaner and TG 

Environmentalguard, 

Sunrui Ballast Water 

Management System, 

DESMI Ocean Guard, 

Blue Ocean Guard (BOG)

Report of the eleventh meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast 

Water Working Group (GESMP-BWWG) 12/1/2009 60-2-12_GESAMP-Rpt_11

HiBallast, En-Ballast, 

OceanGuard, Severn Trent 

DeNora

Report of the twelfth meeting of the GESAMP-Ballast 

Water Working Group (GESMP-BWWG) 2/8/2010 60-2-16_GESAMP-Rpt_12

General

Guidelines on the Installation of Ballast Water Treatment 

Systems Mar-10 0310_ClassNK-BWMS-Intsallation

ROVAL_CERTIFICATE