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Global Maritime Transport and Ballast Water Management

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Editors:
  1. Matej David

    1. Dr. Matej David Consult, Izola, Slovenia

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  2. Stephan Gollasch

    1. Gollasch Consulting (GoConsult), Hamburg, Germany

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  • Introduces the reader to the ballast water issue from maritime transport and biological aspects, offering both sides to achieve an improved understanding in this and other fields
  • Gives detailed new insights and analyses of ballast water management from maritime, biological and regulatory aspects
  • Offers recommendations for an efficient ballast water management, including decision support systems as latest unique approach and tool in this field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology (INNA, volume 8)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Matej David, Stephan Gollasch
    Pages 1-11

  3. Vessels and Ballast Water

    • Matej David
    Pages 13-34

  4. The Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens with Ballast Water and Their Impacts

    • Stephan Gollasch, Dan Minchin, Matej David
    Pages 35-58

  5. Policy and Legal Framework and the Current Status of Ballast Water Management Requirements

    • Stephan Gollasch, Matej David, Karina Keast, Naomi Parker, Chris Wiley
    Pages 59-88

  6. Ballast Water Management Under the Ballast Water Management Convention

    • Matej David, Stephan Gollasch, Brian Elliott, Chris Wiley
    Pages 89-108

  7. Ballast Water Management Systems for Vessels

    • Matej David, Stephan Gollasch
    Pages 109-132

  8. Risk Assessment in Ballast Water Management

    • Matej David, Stephan Gollasch, Erkki Leppäkoski, Chad Hewitt
    Pages 133-169

  9. Ballast Water Sampling and Sample Analysis for Compliance Control

    • Stephan Gollasch, Matej David
    Pages 171-223

  10. Ballast Water Management Decision Support System

    • Matej David, Stephan Gollasch
    Pages 225-260

  11. Ballast Water Management Decision Support System Model Application

    • Matej David, Stephan Gollasch
    Pages 261-291

  12. Overall Conclusions on the Ballast Water Issue and Its Management Options

    • Matej David, Stephan Gollasch
    Pages 293-301

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 303-306
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About this book

Ballast water management is a complex subject with many issues and still limited knowledge, however, it is building up on new scientific researches and practical experience. The Ballast Water Management Convention is the global legal framework which still needs to be implemented.

 

This book brings together a long-term and newest experience from practical work, scientific research, administration and policy involvements, offering unique insights to readers who would like to learn more about this subject. It also provides recommendations and practical solutions especially important for professionals, administrations and organizations in the process of the implementation of this Ballast Water Management Convention.

Reviews

“The editors of Global Maritime Transport and Ballast Water Management compile a series of papers intended to serve students and scientists in aquatic ecology and maritime-related fields of study (marine transport, naval architecture, and policy making). The book provides a detailed review of the state of ballast water management, with a structure that enables readers to build a comprehensive understanding of the technical, policy, and ecological issues.” (Lisa A. Drake, Biological Invasions, Vol. 17, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dr. Matej David Consult, Izola, Slovenia

    Matej David

  • Gollasch Consulting (GoConsult), Hamburg, Germany

    Stephan Gollasch

About the editors

Matej David (PhD) has background in shipping/maritime transport, he is ships officer, continued his career at a university starting as assistant and researcher, became professor and leader of different projects. In his doctoral degree he developed a ballast water management decision support system, which is the first worldwide in this field. Dr. David lectured different subjects on maritime transport, his research focus for more then 15 years was on the ballast water issue, risk assessment and management, decision support systems, and in general maritime transport and environmental issues. He was for different years consulted by the Slovenian government on these subjects, involved in regional and subregional activities, attended IMO MEPC, BLG and BWWG meetings when the BWM Convention and guidelines were prepared and adopted, and contributed to the GESAMP BWWG. He now runs his own consultancy company being involved in different international projects, consultancies include internationalorganisations (e.g., IMO, WWF, HELCOM), training of maritime authorities in Europe and abroad, shipboard tests of ballast water management systems, and research of ballast water management and sampling methods on merchant vessels worldwide. Stephan Gollasch (PhD) is a marine biologist with more than 20 years experience in various ballast water related subjects. His doctoral degree was based upon the first European ship sampling programme on ballast water, tank sediments and ship hull fouling, which was also world-wide the first thesis based on ship sampling. Dr. Gollasch became a member of several international working groups, e.g., ICES, IMO, BMB and the GESAMP BWWG. In addition to laboratory and desk studies he sampled ballast water of more than 250 vessels during several ship sampling programmes. As an independent scientific advisor he runs his own consultancy company since 1999 and is today involved in projects related to biological invasions (e.g. ballast water treatment, ship sampling, risk assessment). Other contracts include German ministries, the German Federal Agency for Shipping and Hydrography, IMO, HELCOM, EMSA and European Commission. He was involved in several EU-funded projects and has undertaken performance tests of several ballast water treatment systems on different merchant vessels.

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