Definition(s)
Prototype Ballast Water Treatment Technology
Prototype Ballast Water Treatment Technology
Prototype Ballast Water Treatment Technology – means any integrated system of ballast water treatment equipment as under regulation D-4, participating in a programme for testing and evaluation with the potential of meeting or exceeding the ballast water performance standard in regulation D-2 including treatment equipment, all associated control equipment, monitoring equipment and sampling facilities. A prototype ballast water treatment technology may be a mechanical, physical, chemical, or biological unit process, either singularly or in combination that may or may not use Active Substances that remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens within ballast water and sediments. Prototype ballast water treatment technologies may operate at the uptake or discharge of ballast water, during the voyage or in any combination of these phases.
Source: Resolution MEPC.140(54), Guidelines for approval and oversight of prototype ballast water treatment technology programmes (G10), 24 March 2006, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance