Discussions

•  Revising the Protist Challenge Condition for Type Approval Testing
•  Submission of the Information concerning the Experience Building Phase of the IMO from members of the Global TestNet

Ballast Water Compliance Testing

• Acknowledging the need for testing for compliance – May 2021

BWMS Commissioning Testing

• Global TestNet Position Statement on BWMS Commissioning

Filters

•  Filtration as a Ballast Water Treatment Measure – Allegra Cangelosi
•  Land-Based Performance Evaluation in Ambient and Augmented Duluth-Superior Harbor Water of Eight Commerically… – Allegra Cangelosi et al.

Methodology Comparisons

• Member’s Methodology Comparison Charts – January 2021

Sizing Organisms

•  DNV GL IL approach to measuring organisms in the size classes 10-50 μm and >50 μm

Use of Standard Test Organisms

• HARMFUL AQUATIC ORGANISMS IN BALLAST WATER
  Report of the Correspondence Group on the review of the Guidelines (G8) – Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) 69 – July 2016
• HARMFUL AQUATIC ORGANISMS IN BALLAST WATER
  Report of the Correspondence Group on the review of the Guidelines (G8) – Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) 68 – January 2016

Vibrio cholerae

• Vibrio cholerae Issues – January 2021