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… your certificate. Book - Unit 5 - Marine Pollution and Ballast Waters Book - Unit 5 - Marine Pollution and Ballast Waters Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON … for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments Objective and scope Management of Ballast …

… diesel emissions in fumes, or oil residue in bilge and ballast water and hull washings (62%). The total annual oil spillage … resulting in a 30% drop in discharges. In 1971, separate ballast tanks became mandatory, so that oil cargo tanks did …

… is the Baltic Sea, which is the largest body of brackish water in the world and contains many unique habitats that … merchant vessels up-taking and discharging water used for ballast tanks, which mainly serve to ensure a vessel’s … of accidental introduction of alien species through ballast water are experienced throughout the globe. For …

… sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the … For example, exotic organisms transported in ship ballast water are invading new ecosystems. As pollution has …

… sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the … For example, exotic organisms transported in ship ballast water are invading new ecosystems. As pollution has …

… oil spills, nuclear accidents, invasive alien species from ballast water,2 among others. Overfishing on the high seas is in … (2005). As regards international shipping, the IMO’s 2004 Ballast Water Management Convention125 (not yet in force) is …