MICROWISE NEWS
BallastWISE is the first CMD to be validated according to IMO protocol
IMO reports have shown a need for regular testing of ballast water to ensure compliance with the IMO’ Ballast Water Performance Standard. However, the current standard of detailed ballast water testing, manual microscopy, is costly and risks...
BallastWISE Sampler Matches Plankton Net Performance in Ballast Water Testing
In recently conducted tests, MicroWISE demonstrated that the performance of the BallastWISE Sampler is identical to the standard plankton net filtration setup at the tested flow rates of 22-30L/min. It takes between 30 and 45 minutes to concentrate...
Scaling up production of ballast water CMD solutions
In early 2024, MicroWISE made KC Denmark A/S our official equipment production partner. By leveraging KC’s +35 years of experience in maritime equipment, MicroWISE increases our capacity for expedient delivery of even large orders of BallastWISE...
Inline CMD system for monitoring operationality of BWMS: development project
Monitoring, rather than simply testing to prove compliance in port or during checkups, is important, as the ballast water tests performed by many groups have shown operator errors are a common source of failed ballast water compliance – a source...
Conducting the first tests of ballast water quality monitoring platform integrated on a vessel: BallastWISE Inline
We are excited to announce that Control Union has successfully completed the first independently validated continuous operational tests of BallastWISE Inline: a fixed installation ballast water monitoring platform for shipowners.
Main source of ballast water compliance and commissioning test failures is organisms ≥ 50 μm in size
In this article, we dive into an important finding from the experience-building phase (EBP) report associated with the Ballast Water Management Convention (2017-2018), which was established by the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC).
Developing a new ballast water test method – to address an important gap in ballast water compliance testing
The spread of invasive species in untreated ballast water represents a major threat to marine biodiversity, marine industry and human health. Certain organisms are more resistant to ballast water treatment than others. In particular, some life stages of invertebrates…
1.3 million DKK support to develop in-line ballast water quality monitoring platform
Shipowners installing Ballast water treatment systems are making a substantial technology investment but have no practical way to validate the system’s operational functionality. We want to change that. MicroWISE recently received funding from the Danish Environmental…