DEN 450E - Ballast Water Management

Course Objectives

Ballast water management is a versatile problem that involves international legislations, technical solutions for the ships and environmental factors. This lecture aims to ensure the awareness of students about ballast water problem, inform the students about national, regional and international regulations, to acquaint students with practices and new technologies in the field of ballast water management. It is also aimed to make students able to take different parameters into account and provide technical solutions for ballast water management for new and existing ships

Course Description

Introduction to ballast water management, ballast water problem, Regulations (IMO Ballast Water Management Convention and Guidelines; national and regional legislations; ballast water administration), ballast water exchange, ballast water treatment technologies, port based ballast water treatment approach and innovative ship design alternatives for ballast water management, installation parameters of ballast water treatment system to existing and new building ships, ballast water control