BALLAST WATER CONVENTION

Impact Ballast Tater Convention on the Shipping Industry

Impact Ballast Tater Convention on the Shipping Industry

Introduction

On 13 February 2004, the IMO Diplomatic Conference adopted International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments. The Conference was attended by representatives of 74 states, an associate member IMO and observers from two intergovernmental organizations and 18 international non-governmental organizations.

It is an instrument to reduce contamination risks on the marine environment, by controlling the discharge of water ballast. This international agreement, which must be paid no later than 2016, seeks to create the legal conditions signatory nations and builders Ship adopt systems that can eliminate or reduce the impacts that ballast water on the environment (Awad, Clarke, Greyling, Hillard, Polglaze, Raaymakers, 2004, 34-48). Although at present are determined distances that can be discharged ballast water, new agreements establish the need for new systems on ships to make safe this residue, used to stabilize ships during their operational.

Initially the ships were built so that they always kept goods on board, which was loaded / unloaded in a port for then sail to another place and proceed in the same way with the existing charges board. When trade is not allowed to make such exchanges in the next port, the ship was filled with charges, if the sea were thrown overboard from ship did not represent a loss to the owner of this and so the empty spaces were observed, were filled with solid inert fillers, mainly consisting stones or rocks of diverse types, which served as a weight or ballast of the ship, but had long manipulated and represented a potential loss of stability the ship to move during the voyage (Bostrom, 2009, 18-32).

With the introduction of steam and the propeller on ships and leaving many ships to load, with much of his work alive, which remains under water, on the surface of the sea and some submerged propeller, or discovered, by the end of 1880 began using tanks to store water as ballast on board such vessels (Bright, 1999, 89-94).

Research Aim

This research aims to assess the viability of the 2004 ballast water management convention (BWC) with respect to its implementation.

Research Objectives

The impact of 2004 Ballast Water Convention on the management procedures of shipping industry and prototype technologies are viable for existing vessels.

To determine & prioritise the issues associated with the implementation of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) convention 2004

Purpose of the Research

The purpose of this research is to enlighten the Ballast Water Convention and its impact on the shipping industry. This paper aims to explore viability of the 2004 ballast water management convention (BWC) with respect to implementation. In addition this paper enlightens the viability of the convention for existing vessels.

Significance of the Research

This research is of utmost significance for the shipping industry. This research enlightens the effect of Ballast Water Convention on the industry and its management procedures and practices; hence the results can be utilized by shipping companies to design efficient ...