IMO's Ballast Water Management Convention (BWM Convention) was in the spotlight at a regional workshop in Singapore, (12-14 ...

The Convention requires all ships to manage their ballast water and sediments to a certain standard, according to a ship-specific management plan. All ships must also carry a Ballast Water Record Book ...

Wake boats differ from other watercraft due to their design to use ballast water to enhance the size ... stir up bottom sediment, and damage aquatic plants, fish spawning nests and docks and ...

“We will also take sea floor sediment samples for scientists ... and to maneuver cofferdams in and out of the water and load and unload diving equipment from the dive boats and barges.” ...

As cruise traffic intensifies, locals have grown worried about the possible effects of marine pollution, about invasive species that could be carried in on ship hulls and in ballast water ...

The Soviet Union’s Project-685 K-278 Komsomolets (Mike-class submarine) was an advanced nuclear-powered vessel capable of ...

Dust also provides a source of mineral ballast that facilitates the export of carbon-enriched material produced in the upper ocean and its subsequent long-term sequestration in deep-sea sediments ...