Rear Adm. Paul Thomas, assistant commandant for prevention policy, recently wrote an article for the North American Marine Environmental Protection Association (NAMEPA) focused on ballast water management beyond U.S. type-approvals.

For additional information on this topic, be sure to check out the full article.

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