Ships of 400 gross tonnes and above are required to have on board and implement a Ballast Water Management Plan approved by Administration.

It is a 100% solid coating. For practical purposes this may be extended to cover materials containing a small amount of volatile constituent of the binder (solventless).

Various measures to prevent, minimize and ultimately eliminate the risk of introduction of harmful marine organisms within ballast water. Ballast water management includes theballast water exchange...

The non-volatile matter in a paint composition, i.e. the ingredients. After drying they create the paint film.

see Stockholm Agreement.

Ships performing ballast water exchange shall do so with an efficiency of 95% of ballast water. For ships exchanging ballast water by the flow-through method...

The amendments concerning the way in which the subdivision and damage stability of dry cargo ships was to be calculated.

The practical method to minimize the introduction of unwanted organisms from the discharge of ballast water. The exchange procedure shall be carried out in an “open ocean condition” at least 200 nautical miles...

International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea adopted in 1974 by IMO.

1. Ballast Water Convention, 2004 -The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004.

Coating which does not dry or which partially dries. It remains soft during its life time.

Watertight compartment for holding water ballast.

An US based non-profit, technical organisation founded in 1893. SNAME is dedicated to promoting the art, science and practice of naval architecture, shipbuilding and marine engineering.

Piping and pumping system arranged so that water can be drawn from any ballast tank or the sea and discharged to any other ballast tank or the sea.

Electric-driven pumps, usually vertically mounted and fitted with separate motor-driven priming systems. Close-coupled designs have the pump rotor mounted on an extended motor shaft.

An organisation dedicated to the promotion of safe and reliable operation of gas tankers and terminals.

A voyage or voyage leg made without any paying cargo in a vessel tanks. To maintain proper stability, trim, or draught, seawater is usually carried during such movements.

Any solid or liquid weight placed in a ship to increase the draught, to change the trim, or to regulate the stability. Ballast water is allocated during the voyage to accommodate changes in the distribution of cargo and consumables...

see Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan.

The cubic capacity of a cargo hold measured to the inside of the frames or cargo battens.