Cecilia de Castro, lead author of the review, commented: «This study comes at a pertinent time, providing further evidence to highlight the importance of
the IMO Ballast Water Convention, which has recently reached 35 per cent of world merchant shipping tonnage and will enter into force on 8/09/2017.
Not exact matches
There is a separate
IMO international convention on management of
ballast water — signed in 2004 — that would come into force when ratified by a required number of 30 states.
The UN's International Maritime Organization (
IMO) is on the verge of entering the
Ballast Water Management Convention into force, but this will not happen until 12 months after countries with a combined total of at least 35 % of the World's commercial fleet (measured in gross tonnage) have ratified the Convention.
In 1991, the
IMO adopted guidelines which recommend that ships should avoid taking on
ballast in shallow areas and during toxic blooms of marine algae; keep accurate records of where and when
ballast is loaded; exchange
ballast water at sea, where toxic organisms are rare; and discharge sediments into approved areas at the port of destination («End of the line for deadly stowaways», New Scientist, 24 October 1992).