In order to maintain a consistent buoyancy as their cargo loads change, ocean-going ships pump seawater in and out of their ballast tanks. Needless to say, that salty water isn't exactly the ...

The proper lining of ballast tanks is essential and critical to ship safety. Not too many decades ago, ships traveling the North Atlantic routes were experiencing terrible losses from outright sinking ...

Boat owners transporting watercraft with ballast tanks or bladders will undergo additional cleaning at watercraft inspection stations this summer to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. The ...

A Turkish-flagged general cargo ship hit a mine on Thursday in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania and sustained minor damage but the crew was safe, maritime and security sources said.British ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—Oceangoing ships would have to flush their ballast tanks with salt water before entering the St. Lawrence Seaway under proposed rules designed to stem the flood of foreign species ...

The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. announced today a proposal that all ocean-going ships be required to flush their ballast tanks with saltwater at least 200 miles offshore before they enter ...

A new robot for inspecting ballast water tanks on board ships is being developed. The robot is able to move independently along rails built into the tanks. At the moment, people still carry out such ...

A Coast Guard inspector last November found significant wear in a ballast tank in the stern area of the Alaska Ranger, but repairs were not scheduled to be made until after the winter fishing season, ...

CHARLESTON -- Scientists next week will begin removing sediment from the ballast tanks of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, a process that could pinpoint when two holes in the tanks were made.

Schematics of Shell’s Kulluk drilling unit, grounded since New Year’s Eve off of the southwestern shore of Alaska’s Kodiak Island, show that its fuel oil storage tanks are oriented away from the shore ...