Keeping the seas clean

Dr Alistair Greig, of UCL, reports on Ballast Water Technology 2012 - Impending convention requirements and challenges

The Ballast Water Conference, organised by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (iMarEST) and supported by the GloBallast Partnerships Project, was timely, taking place immediately before MEPC63. The conference was opened by John Wills, IMarEST's technical director who emphasised the enormity of the ballast water challenge and its multidisciplinary nature and that the diversity of different science and technologies involved is considerable.