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A decade of delay in ratification of the ballast water management convention and further underlying problems
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Enshaei, H and Carney, J and Mesbahi, E, A decade of delay in ratification of the ballast water management convention and further underlying problems, Proceedings of the 16th Annual General Assembly of the International Association of Maritime universities, 7-10 October, Opatija, Croatia, pp. 63-70. ISBN 978-953-165-116-5 (2015) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Ballast water is a major transport mechanism responsible for the introduction
of invasive aquatic species to marine ecosystems around the world. The threat posed
by ballast water for future spread of aquatic organisms has been a concern for the
international community since the early 1990s.
The International Maritime Organisation introduced the Ballast Water Management
Convention in 2004. Global enforcement of this Convention will occur after ratification by
at least 30 countries representing not less than 35% of the gross tonnage of the world’s
merchant shipping. However, after over a decade the tonnage requirement has not been
reached and the Convention has not yet entered into force.
The unfamiliarity of stakeholders with multi-dimensional issues of Ballast Water and
the lack of technological knowledge has created resistance to ratifying the Convention
and hence a delay of over a decade. Collecting representative samples and developing
reliable detection tools has been identified as causing delay to the implementation of
the BW Convention. However, solutions have been sought for many of the initial Ballast
Water issues but not all. This paper discusses three main issues in greater detail: 1.
treatment systems, 2. sample size and 3. sample analysis, describing and highlighting the
importance of certain underlying problems that still exist and may continue even after
implementation of the Convention.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | ballast water Convention, enforcement, delay, compliance |
| Research Division: | Engineering |
| Research Group: | Maritime engineering |
| Research Field: | Ocean engineering |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Enshaei, H (Dr Hossein Enshaei) |
| ID Code: | 104314 |
| Year Published: | 2015 |
| Deposited By: | Seafaring and Maritime Operations |
| Deposited On: | 2015-11-09 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-04-05 |
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