Frost & Sullivan: Global Market Newsflash - Ballast Water Treatment to Soar Into the Billions over this Decade

Frost & Sullivan to host Analyst Briefing on Ballast Water Treatment Markets on Wednesday, 3 March 2010

LONDON, February 23, 2010 - The Ballast Water Treatment is attracting excessive interest from
innumerable water-concerned companies worldwide. Having already received
resounding success, this initiative promises to engage global change and
opportunity increase from 2010-2020. It is imperative to analyse market
insights into the scale of the ballast water treatment market opportunity,
its growth trajectory forecast over the next ten years and highlight some of
the opportunities for filtration and disinfection solutions.

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On Ballast Water Treatment Market Frost & Sullivan organises a web
conference that will take place on Wednesday, 3 March, at 2 pm GMT. To
participate in this complimentary briefing, please email Chiara Carella at
chiara.carella@frost.com with your full contact details. Upon receipt of the
above information, a registration link will be e-mailed to you. You may also
register to receive a recorded version of the briefing at anytime by
submitting the aforementioned contact details.

Since 2004, adoption of the International Convention for the Control and
Management of Ship's Ballast Water and Sediments by the International
Maritime Organization (IMO), has created a ballast water treatment systems
market with an overall revenue potential of US$34 billion! Over 57,000 of
ships will require installation of ballast water treatment systems over the
next ten years. Several vendors have started to commercialize their products
with more than 40 companies already sizing up this fast emerging opportunity.
System suppliers still need to address number of challenges, such as access
to growth capital, establishment of an effective global sales and support
network or pricing for the system to ensure success over the coming years.

Water Markets Research Manager Fredrick Royan explains: "The ratification
process of the International Convention for the Control and Management of
Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments has gained significant pace in the last
year and inching ever closer to having the necessary 30 signatory states with
35 percent of the world merchant fleet. The significant scale of opportunity
on offer over the next ten years continues to attract a plethora of companies
ranging from small start-ups to global water & wastewater treatment
specialists as well as filtration and disinfection OEMs, industrial groups
involved in the marine industry and shipbuilding companies."

Highlights of the briefing include analyses of: market size and forecast,
market drivers and restraints, key challenges for system suppliers, key
technology trends and sales strategies of vendors on the market.

The market analysis and opportunity discussion of this briefing will
benefit both start-up as well as ballast water treatment system suppliers
that are present on the market, suppliers of filtration (membranes, screen
and disc filters) and disinfection technologies (ozone, chlorination, electro
chlorination/electrolysis, ultraviolet, thermal treatment, cavitation,
ultrasound and advanced oxidation) looking for cooperation with system
suppliers, water & wastewater treatment specialist companies, distributors of
marine equipment looking for cooperation with manufacturers of ballast water
treatment system, investment community, ship-owners and related associations,
shipyards involved in new-build and retrofit, etc.

"Companies will need to extend best practices beyond their product design
set-up and take the necessary strategic initiatives of selecting and
establishing strategic partnerships and setting up effective distribution and
servicing channels. This will be critical in order to be ready to scale up
especially during the peak of the market for a few years during 2015-2020,"
Water Markets Analyst Tomasz Zagdan concludes.

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