IMO Submissions
GlobalTestNet submissions to the IMO are available to download below:
- Additional information to support the experience-building phase associated with the Ballast Water Management Convention – 29 March 2022
- Comments on challenging water conditions – 29 September 2022
- Information on data gathered from commissioning testing of over 2,000 ballast water management systems – 11 June 2024
- Proposed guidelines for the evaluation of efficacy of Marine Growth Prevention Systems (MGPS) – 31 December 2024
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
BWMS Commissioning Testing
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
Sizing Organisms
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