Maritime Environmental Resource Center (MERC)

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MERC In-Water Cleaning Evaluations	File
ACT/MERC IWC System Testing Guidelines	View
ACT and MERC Evaluation Report for the Juton Proactive Ship In-water Cleaning System - Hull Skating Solution	View
ACT/MERC Test Plan for Evaluations of the Jotun Hull Skating Solution: A Proactive Biofouling In-Water Cleaning System.	View
ACT and MERC Evaluation of Subsea Global Solutions In-Water Cleaning and Capture Technology for Ships	View
MERC Policies and Procedures	File
Quality Management Plan	Available upon request
Quality Assurance Project Plan - v1.1	Available upon request
Standard Operating Procedures - v2	Available upon request
MERC Validation of the M/V Cape Washington Test Facility	Available upon request
MERC Validation of the Mobile Test Platform	Available upon request
MERC Test Plans
Test Plan for the MSI Filter+UV Ballast Water Treatment System v1	View
Test Plan for the Siemens SiCURE Ballast Water Treatment System	View
Test Plan for the Severn Trent De Nora Ballast Water Treatment System	View
Test Plan for the MSI Filter+UV Ballast Water Treatment System v2	View
Test Plan for the MSI Filter+UV Ballast Water Treatment System v3	View
Test Plan for a Demonstration of Membrane Filter Efficacy on Ballast Water	View
Test Plan for the Hydac Ballast Water Filter	View
Test Plan for the Boll Ballast Water Filter	View
Test Plan for the Hyde Marine Filter+UV Ballast Water Treatment System - v1.1	View
Test Plan for the BIO-SEA Bio-UV Filter+UV Ballast Water Treatment System	View
MERC BWMS Test Reports
MERC Land-Based Evaluation of the MSI Filter+UV Ballast Water Treatment System v1	View
MERC Land-Based Evaluation of the Siemens SiCURE (now SeaCURE) Ballast Water Treatment System	View
MERC Land-Based Evaluation of the Severn Trent De Nora Ballast Water Treatment System	View
MERC Land-Based Evaluation of the MSI Filter+UV Ballast Water Treatment System v2 (test terminated, no results available)	N/A
MERC Land-Based Evaluation of the MSI Filter+UV Ballast Water Treatment System v3 (test terminated, no results available)	N/A
MERC Demonstration of Membrane Filter Efficacy on Ballast Water	View
MERC Land-Based Evaluation of the Hydac Ballast Water Filter	View
MERC Land-Based Evaluation of the Boll Ballast Water Filter	View
MERC Land-Based Evaluation of Two Hyde Marine Filter+UV Ballast Water Treatment System Options	View
MERC Land-Based Evaluation of the BIO-SEA Bio-UV Filter+UV Ballast Water Treatment System	View
MERC Land-Based Evaluation of the Filtrex Ballast Water Filter	View
Proof of Concept Evaluation of Potable Water Generators as Options for Managing Ballast Water	View
Other Reports and Publications
Use of Dredged Material to Protect Low-Lying Areas of the Chesapeake Bay	View
Evaluation of Subsea Global Solutions In-Water Cleaning and Capture Technology for Ships	View
Enumerating Sparse Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water: Why Counting to 10 Is Not So Easy	View
Potential Algal Toxicity of Ballast Water Treatment Systems Employing Chlorination	View
Comparison of Methods for Quantifying Bacterial Indicators in an Urban Brackish Water Environment	View
Ballast Water Compliance Monitoring Using Fluorometry	View
Expert Workshop: Impacts of Ballast Water Management Systems on Ballast Tanks and Systems	View
The Biology of Garveia franciscana and Potential Options to Limit Impacts of Cooling System Fouling	View
Metagenomics of bacteria in ballast water and implications for ship-mediated dispersal of microbes	View
Status of Vessel Biofouling Regulations and Compliance Technologies	View
King-Ballast Water Economic publications
Ballast Water Treatment Rollout Should be Revised	View
Implementation of new Coast Guard ballast water regulations doomed to fail	View
Ocean Health and the Economics of Global Ballast Water Regulations	View
Reducing Uncertainty in Ballast Water Treatment Markets	View
Predicting Global Ballast Water Treatment Markets	View
The economic impacts of US ballast water regulations	View
Economic and Logistical Feasibility of Port-based Ballast Water Treatment: Port of Baltimore	View
Is port-based ballast water treatment a realistic option?	View
"Muddling Through" Without Gaming Ballast Water Regulations	View
Global Markets for Ballast Water Treatment Systems (Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology)	View
The Practicability Loop in Ballast Water Treatment Markets	View
Preview of Global Ballast Water Treatment Markets	View
The world can afford sustainable shipping, Sustainable Shipping	View
Key Questions Industry should be asking about ballast water regulations	View
Kick-starting Ballast Water Treatment Markets, Sustainable Shipping	View
MERC Preliminary Cost Analysis of Ballast Water Systems	View
MERC Preliminary Overview of Global Ballast Water Treatment Markets	View
Gaming Ballast Water Treatment Markets, Sustainable Shipping	View
Verifying Compliance with Ballast Water Discharge Regulations	View