$1,800 to change ballast water

Tanker owners` association Intertanko has calculated that the cost of changing ballast water in a VLCC as proposed by the IMO will be $1,800 per trip, costing the industry over $18.6 million/year for visits to the US alone. These figures assume a total ballast capacity of around 97,000m3, taking 40 ...

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