Effectiveness and Kinetics of Ferrate as a Disinfectant for Ballast Water

Water Environment Research;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......international standards for successful ballast water treatment, including final concentrations...grown in saline solution to simulate ballast water and were treated with dosages of ferrate...effective disinfectant in the treatment of ballast water. Water Environ. Res., 80, 561 ...

New rules on treating ballast water.

Kiplinger Business Forecasts;  September 11, 2000 ;     640 words ......state and federal rules for handling ballast water. The strict new rules are designed...Ships tote more than 10 billion tons of ballast water, which provides critical heft and stability...invertebrates and fish. Often, after ballast water is discharged in other ports or coastal...

Invasive Species: Progress and Challenges in Preventing Introduction into...

General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  January 1, 2006 ;     644 words ......been introduced into U.S. waters via ballast water discharged from ships and have caused...introduced in the past 30 years by ballast water and other sources. The effects of such...and 2000. Species introductions via ballast water are not confined to the Great Lakes...

Microorganisms found in foreign ballast water

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 2, 2000 ;     373 words ...Microorganisms found in foreign ballast water Pathogens in water that keeps ships...ports from abroad every year in the ballast water that keeps ships stable, a study says...danger than bigger, known invaders in ballast water, such as zebra mussels. The research...

SHIP BALLAST WATER LAW IS A MUST.(Editorial)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 4, 2001 ;     322 words ...Now that it's clearly understood that ballast water in ships is spreading all manner of...The way to come to grips with the ballast water transport of exotic species -- and...require cargo ships to exchange any ballast water that comes in; that is, flush the water...

STATE'S NEW BALLAST WATER RULES AIMED TO REDUCE INTRODUCTION, SPREAD OF...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 3, 2007 ;     484 words ......from vessels operating in Hawai'i waters. Ballast water is taken in by ships to provide stability...to prevent and minimize introductions from ballast water. "The goals of these newly adopted rules...require qualifying vessels to: 1) have a ballast water management plan specifically ...

Rep. LaTourette Introduces Ballast Water Management Act

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ......LaTourette, R-Ohio, has introduced the Ballast Water Management Act of 2007 (H.R. 2423...for the management and treatment of ballast water to prevent the introduction of nonindigenous...full-text of the legislation follows:Ballast Water Management Act of 2007H.R. 2423To provide...

DRAFT BILLS TO ADDRESS INVASIVE SPECIES IN BALLAST WATER, AIR POLLUTION...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ......press release: Two draft bills to improve ballast water management methods and implement international...O'Hare, Vice President, World Shipping Council Ballast Water Management Ballast water has long been recognized as a means by which...

Stemming the tide on dirty ballast; A state agency is poised to bar big...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ......from dumping untreated ballast water into Duluth-Superior harbor...Duluth receives far more ballast water than any other Great Lakes port, making it more at risk from invasive species...to begin treating their ballast water before dumping it, beginning...will begin to regulate ...

State lawmakers, MPCA are trying to force ships to treat ballast...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......force ships to stop dumping untreated ballast water in Lake Superior. Although a bill in...top location in the Great Lakes for ballast water discharge. Among other foreign species...eventually require shipowners to treat ballast water to kill or to remove foreign bacteria...

Ballast water management breakthrough.

Marine Log;  July 1, 2000 ;     509 words ......invasive species imported in ships' ballast water--and they are being listened to by regulators. Ballast water management has become one of the...other will focus on alternatives to ballast water exchange. Open ocean exchange of...

Bill gets tough on invasive species: Legislation would require ships to...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  September 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......ports to treat their ballast water to kill the aquatic...attention to standards for ballast water, said Andrew Cohen...make treatment of ship ballast water mandatory, but it does...around the globe in ballast water have wreaked environmental...would have to treat ...

Lloyd's Register releases guide to ballast water treatment technology.

M2 Presswire;  July 9, 2007 ;     480 words ......legislation, ship operators will need to choose a ballast water management solution that will work for them...provide an overview of the current status of ballast water treatment technologies. A global requirement for ballast water treatment arises from the International Convention ...

Inside Washington ballast water management NPRM is out.(Update)

Marine Log;  September 1, 2003 ;     361 words ......story. That's because current voluntary ballast water management (BWM) practices could become...voluntary regulations governing mid-ocean ballast water exchanges by allowing a ballast water exchange to occur at any location not...

Lloyd's Register issues new Ballast Water Treatment Technology guide.

M2 Presswire;  September 23, 2008 ;     551 words ......legislation, ship operators will need to choose a ballast water management solution that will work for them...provide an overview of the current status of ballast water treatment technologies. A global requirement for ballast water treatment arises from the International Convention ...