1. Ballast Water Management and Control: A New Challenge
Notes for presenter:
Introductory slide - introduce yourself and the presentation.

2. moves > 80% of World’s commodities,
Shipping:
moves > 80% of World’s commodities,
transport capacity will double in the next 20 years,
is getting faster and more frequent!
Notes for presenter:
Slide is self explanatory.
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3. Ballast Water Discharge
Ships are transferring 10 billion tons of ballast water a year
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Examples of ballast water being discharged from a ship.
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4. 7,000 to possibly more than 10,000 different species of microbes, marine plants & animals may be carried in ballast water
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A drop of ballast water placed under a microscope may reveal a large variety of marine life.
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5. Impacts Ecological Economical Human health New invasion every 9 weeks
Losses around tens of billion US$ per year globally
Human health
Paralytic poisoning
Cholera outbreaks
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6. IMO Response Ballast Water Working Group under the MEPC
Assembly Resolution A.868(20)
New international legal instrument
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7. Six Demonstration Sites / Regions
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The programme will be implemented initially through six demonstration sites, each of which represents one of the main developing regions of the World, as indicated in the slide.
As the programme progresses, each demonstration site will be replicated throughout each region, through Regional Task Forces.
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8. Dalian the GloBallast Demonstration Site for East Asia
Losses for the prawn farming industry.
About 5.5 million tons of ballast water discharged every year.
GloBallast activities in Dalian
Integrated approach with “Blue Bohai Sea”
Photo: CSIRO Australia
Working together to protect the East Asian Seas
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9. Programme Coordination Unit Chief Technical Adviser
Contacts
Programme Coordination Unit
Dandu Pughiuc
Chief Technical Adviser
Steve Raaymakers
Technical Adviser
Ph: +44 (0) or
Fax: +44 (0) or
Web:
Notes for presenter:
Slide is self explanatory.
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