Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Suggested designs to facilitate improved management and treatment of ballast water on new and existing ships
- In
- Pacific 2002: Proceedings of the Pacific 2002 International Maritime Conference, Sydney, Australia. 29-31 January 2002
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Jan 2002
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0858257939
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.106147332681852
- Abstract
This paper reviews the background and design aspects of various suggested management and treatment techniques to facilitate improved management and treatment of ballast water on new and existing ships.
The increasing worldwide occurence of nonindigenous organisms attributed to the 10 billion tonnes of ballast water carried annually in ships has resulted in the introduction of a range of management and treatment guidelines and regulatory practices in an attempt to minimise the risk of new invasions. The consequence of these new invasions is that ships entering many ports around the world will be required to undertake some form of ballast water treatment to reduce, remove or kill organisms of concern before being allowed to discharge the water. The guidelines will require each ship to have developed a Ballast Water Management Plan that specifies the specific management andlor treatment procedures that can be undertaken safely.