BALLAST WATER
Ballast water transferred by vessels is recognized by the United Nations as a prominent vector for transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens across natural barriers.
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Volume of Ballast Water
The volume of Ballast Water discharged in the Adriatic Sea ports is above 10 million tons per year.
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NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES
In the whole Adriatic region 190 non-indigenous species were registred by Zenetos et al. (2010).
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INTEGRATING ACTIVITIES
The BALMAS project integrates all necessary activities to enable a long-term, environmentally efficient and financially and maritime transport sustainable implementation of ballast water management measures in the Adriatic.
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AVOIDING UNWANTED RISKS
Within BALMAS we will establish a common cross-border system linking all Adriatic research, experts and national responsible authorities in order to avoid the unwanted risks to the environment and humans from the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens through the control and management of ships’ ballast waters and sediments.
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ABOUT
BALMAS - Ballast water management for Adriatic Sea protection
The first BALMAS workshop on dinoflagellate cysts was held on 05-06 May 2014 the University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’, Department of Biomolecualr Sciences, Section of Environmental Biology
During May 2014 sampling activities of water and sediment for the goals of port baseline survey will be carried out in the Italian ports of Ancona (1st week), Venice (2nd week), Trieste (3rd week) and Bari (4th week). This will be the first BALMAS sampling in the port of Trieste and the first complete sampling for waters and sediments monitoring.
This intensive meeting is yet another opportunity for all partners to meet and exchange knowledge and ideas. We will dedicate our time to workshops where port baseline surveys, early warning system and ballast water management, sampling tools and approaches will be highlighted in the first half of the meeting.
One of the balmas milestones is the creation of the database. Here, all data from port monitoring and information about harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens will be stored. Selected ports will contribute to database upload.
We have updated and presented the new and improved home page! We have carefully selected colours that would still be representative to the balmas topic, i.e. the sea. Also, we have designed the homepage in such way that it would be attractive to look at and hopefully external visitors will see the balmas.eu homepage as a reference to both ballast water management, sampling methods and harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens description.
DISCLAIMER - This webpage has been produced with the financial assistance of the IPA Adriatic Cross-Border Cooperation Programme. The contents of this site are the sole responsibility of BALMAS and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the IPA Adriatic Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Authorities.