MASC 636 BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

This course will expose students to the emerging issues in shipping related to ballast water management (BWM). Topics to be treated include background to BWM; Hull fouling characteristics of marine organisms; Native, cryptogenic, invasive species and their environmental threats; BWM Convention, standards for ballast water management, exchange and performance standards, importance of ballast water treatment; Types of treatment of ballast water and BWM technologies; BWM plans; Development of national and regional BWM strategies; Rapid Status Assessment; Economic Assessments, Legal and Institutional requirements for effective BWM; Port Biological Surveys and Case Studies; Risk Assessments; Early Detection; Rapid Response and Monitoring; Compliance and enforcement strategies within the framework of the Globallast Partnership Programme.