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North Sea Ballast Water Opportunity Developing preventative and responsive measures to address acute and chronic marine pollution (Interreg IVB)
Project
Project code: BfR-QUER-08-1342-475
Contract period: 01.01.2009
- 31.12.2013
Budget: 10,800,000 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Ships' ballast water is a main source of acute and chronic pollution in the North Sea. The project aims to improve the North Sea environment and economy by facilitating the ratification of the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC).
The implementation of the BWMC creates a new market for innovative products; Ballast Water Opportunity aims to support the NSR industry to enter this market. It encourages the ratification of the BWMC through reducing a major barrier: providing treatment and detection equipment.
As a result common certification standards for BWT will be defined, which will stimulate technological development to comply and enforce the BWMC.
Section overview
Subjects
- Resource management
Collaborative Project
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Participating institutions
- Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES)
- Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
- Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
- Gollasch Consulting (GoConsult)
- MAHLE industrialfiltration
- HAMANN AG
- Brockmann Consult GmbH
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- DHI Ballast Water Centre (DHI)
- CytoBuoy b.v.
- Zebra Bioscience
