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The U.S. Coast Guard Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Standards for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water
Discharged in U.S. Waters,” is available at
http://openregs.com/regulations/view/99303/standards_for_living_organisms_in_ships_ballast_water_discharged_in
_u.s._waters
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Sources:
http://www.imo.org/TCD/mainframe.asp?topic_id=247
http://www.imo.org/TCD/mainframe.asp?topic_id=248
Last reviewed November 23, 2009, 2009
The 18 countries are as follows: Albania, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Egypt, France, Kenya, Kiribati, Liberia,
Maldives, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic,
Tuvalu.
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IMO Resolution A.1005(25) of November 29, 2007 delayed the compliance deadline for 2009-built vessels until
the vessel’s second annual survey, but no later than December 31, 2011. Source: California State Lands
Commission 2009. See also Ballast Water Treatment Technology: Current Status. Lloyds Register. September
2008; CSLC 2009; IMO Globallast at
http://globallast.imo.org/index.asp?page=mepc.htm
; and Silent Invaders
(World Wildlife Fund 2009) for discussion of ratification timetables.
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Sources:
http://www.imo.org/TCD/mainframe.asp?topic_id=247
http://www.imo.org/TCD/mainframe.asp?topic_id=248
Last reviewed November 23, 2009, 2009
The 18 countries are as follows: Albania, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Egypt, France, Kenya, Kiribati, Liberia,
Maldives, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic,
Tuvalu.
Of the 35 flags of registration with the largest deadweight tonnage, representing 92% (chk) of the global fleet’s
deadweight tonnage, only Liberia, Antigua, Norway, France, and Spain had ratified the convention as of June 30,
2009.
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See
Ballast Water Treatment Technology: Current Status
. Lloyds Register: September 2008.
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Barges include the following subcategories: Barge, Barge Carrier, Cement Storage Barge, Container Barge,
Hopper Barge, Offshore Cargo Barge.
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See King, Dennis M., Mark Riggio and Patrick T. Hagan. 2009. Preliminary Analysis of Cost of Ballast Water
Treatment Systems for detailed preliminary purchase cost summaries. Available at
www.maritime-
enviro.org/reports/Reports.html/
. Base and bulk prices for different types of units are calculated as averages of
quoted purchase prices for that type of system. For Filtration/UV Light, three quotes were received; for
Filtration/Chemical, three quotes were received; for Deoxygenation/Cavitation, one quote was received; for
Electrolysis/Electrochlorination, three quotes were received. The lowest quote received for purchase of any type of
system was $400,000, for one of the Filtration/Chemical systems; the highest quote was $1,670,000, for a Filtration
Chemical system from another vendor.