BALLAST WATER
Ballast water transferred by vessels is recognized by the United Nations as a prominent vector for transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens across natural barriers.
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Volume of Ballast Water
The volume of Ballast Water discharged in the Adriatic Sea ports is above 10 million tons per year.
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NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES
In the whole Adriatic region 190 non-indigenous species were registred by Zenetos et al. (2010).
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INTEGRATING ACTIVITIES
The BALMAS project integrates all necessary activities to enable a long-term, environmentally efficient and financially and maritime transport sustainable implementation of ballast water management measures in the Adriatic.
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AVOIDING UNWANTED RISKS
Within BALMAS we will establish a common cross-border system linking all Adriatic research, experts and national responsible authorities in order to avoid the unwanted risks to the environment and humans from the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens through the control and management of ships’ ballast waters and sediments.
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BALMAS Info Day Trieste 5 dicembre 2014
The third BALMAS Info day took place in Trieste (Italy), on 5th of Dicember 2014 at the local Coastal Guard.
The event was organized by OGS (National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics) of Trieste to inform researchers maritime stakeholders, local authorities and mass-media about the BALMAS project (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Coastal Guard meeting room.
The aim of this event was to disseminate and to increase awareness of the Ballast Water issues within the Adriatic Sea. The Info day was opened by Paola Del Negro (Figure 2), the Director of the OGS OCE section and prof. Maria Cristina Pedicchio the President of OGS.
Figure 2: Marina Cabrini and Paola Del Negro.
The state of the art, major risks for the human health and the environment related to Ballast Waters as well as the involvement of the italian project partners in the frame of BALMAS were presented by the invited speakers (OGS (Figure 3), CNR- ISMAR, ISPRA, the Marine Research Centre Foundation, the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport – Coastal Guard Headquarters Figure 4).
Figure 3: Marina Cabrini (OGS).
Figure 4: Cosmo Forte – Coastal Guard Headquarters.
Published: Monday, 15 December 2014 20:04
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