期刊全称 | Ballast Water Treatment and Exchange for Ships | 影响因子2023 | Alexander Olsen,Pamela Rossi Ciampolini | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Deals with ballast water treatment and exchange by ships.Describes the latest IMO and industry standards.Written by experienced experts | 学科分类 | Synthesis Lectures on Ocean Systems Engineering | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .The inadvertent transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in the ballast water of ships has been determined to have caused a significant adverse impact to many of the world‘s coastal regions. The international maritime community, under the auspices of the IMO has developed several documents, including the “International Conventions for the Control and Management of Ship‘s Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004”, (Ballast Water Management Convention), which are aimed at preventing the introduction of unwanted aquatic organisms and pathogens through the discharge of ballast water and sediments. The Ballast Water Management Convention applies to vessels registered in a country which is party to the Convention and to those vessels registered in other countries when operating in the waters of a country which is party to the Convention. As a means to prevent, minimize and ultimately eliminate the risk to the environment, human health, property and resources arising from the transferof harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens through the control and management of vessel‘s ballast water and sediment, as well as to avoid unwanted side-effects from that control, the Convention requires | Pindex | Book 2024 |
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