Maritime Administration News Release
| News Release #: | DOT 129b-11 |
|---|---|
| Date: | Sep 30 2011 |
| Contact: | Kim Riddle |
| Contact Phone: | 202-366-5067 |
MARAD Funded Mobile Ballast Water Testing Facility Begins Operations.
The Maritime Administration, along with the Maritime Environmental Resource Center and Maryland Port Administration, has dedicated a new facility to study the effectiveness of technology to treat invasive species in ballast water. The Mobile Test Platform is a retrofitted barge that will allow ballast water treatment systems to be evaluated in a natural setting at different locations in the Chesapeake Bay region. MARAD provided $1.2 million to help develop the new facility, which is able to test according to both IMO and US EPA Environmental Technology Verification protocols.
