Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Threats from harmful marine organisms from shipping ballast water discharged in Australian ports - a multidisciplinary approach to minimising risks
- In
- Chemeca 99: Chemical Engineering: Solutions in a Changing Environment
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 1999, pp. 956-961
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0858257203
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.950010281338676
- Abstract
Billions of marine organisms are discharged each year into Australian ports from a wide variety of international locations in the ballast water carried by ships. Many of these organisms, if they survive the voyage and become established, can have serious effects on the environment, aquaculture industries and human health. Regulations have been implemented in several countries and mandatory international regulations are currently being developed by the International Maritime Organisation to minimise the risks associated with ballast water discharges. A multidisciplinary approach involving chemical and marine engineers and marine biologists has been utilised to assess, develop and demonstrate a number of potential ballast water treatment options that can be utilised in conjunction with a management decision support system to minimise these risks. The results of this work have formed the basis for some of the international regulations that will be used worldwide. In particular, approaches to ocean exchange at sea and ballast water heating using waste engine energy are discussed.