碩士 / 國立成功大學 / 海洋科技與事務研究所 / 97 / The adverse impact of non-indigenous species transported by ballast waters has been gradually increased in recent years. In order to combat such problem, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), United Nations body that administers the international regulatory regime for shipping, has determined that an international convention would best meet the needs of the global community. Hence, the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments was adopted in 2004 and is now open for signature. This convention was set to reduce the transfer and subsequent impact of aquatic organisms in the ballast water and sediment of ships by acting to reduce the load of these organisms in the discharged ballast water.
Port of Kaohsiung is the largest port in Taiwan. A great amount of exotic ballast water was probably discharged daily into the port through international shipping sector. However, there is no law or regulation related to ballast water management in Taiwan. The purpose of this paper is threefold: to analyze Taiwan’s jurisdiction on the matter of ballast water management according to international legal instruments; to conduct case study for the current ballast water management practice in other countries; and to provide some insightful strategy for future management of ballast water in Port of Kaohsiung.
We found that Port of Kaohsiung should consider the following practices for future ballast water management: (1) implement a mandatory ballast water exchange requirement in the designated area; (2) train port state control officers for vessel examination related to ballast water issues to prevent any possible discharge; (3) set risk assessment procedures for foreign vessels and prioritize their risk for port state control examinations; (4) establish land-based reception facilities for treating non-compliance ballast waters; and (5) develop innovative treatment technology to reduce installation costs. In the future, the government should provide a comprehensive ballast water management plan that can be used in all international port in Taiwan, such that we can prevent the negative impacts of non-indigenous species from ballast waters in our nearshore marine environment.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/097NCKU5274004 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Chi-hsin Chang, 張齊心 |
| Contributors | Ta-kang Liu, 劉大綱 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 112 |
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