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Danish Shipping designates ballast water requirements as "the convention from hell"

Danish Shipping is confident that Danish vessels will live up to stricter environmental requirements in time, although the organization calls it "the convention from hell." As a result, no statistical data is being recorded on how many vessels are still lacking a ballast water system, says executive director of Danish Shipping to ShippingWatch.
"We don't expect that it'll be a problem to make it in time before the deadline," says Executive Director of Danish Shipping, Maria Skipper Schwenn. | Photo: PR / Danske Rederier
"We don't expect that it'll be a problem to make it in time before the deadline," says Executive Director of Danish Shipping, Maria Skipper Schwenn. | Photo: PR / Danske Rederier
by ASTRID STURLASON

Danish Shipping is unperturbed by the thousands of vessels worldwide that have yet to install a ballast water system in order to live up to the rules that form part of what the organization describes as "the convention from hell."

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