Increasing the effectiveness of ballast water exchange
19 December 2013
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and
Technology (IMarEST) has recently published two
articles written by PML's Head of Technical Services
David Smith.
Both articles were published in the Marine Engineers
Review and Maritime IT & Electronics magazines on the
topic of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE). More specifically
they refer to the potential to radically
improve BWE through utilising remote sensing data of global
oceans and waterways as well as satellite imaging of
algal blooms.
As part of the UK’s Natural
Environmental Research Council’s earth observation system, PML
provides remote sensing data processing and analysis services.
Within this skills base is the ability to readily identify, in near
real time, fundamental components critical to a successful and
effective ballast water exchange at sea.
You can read the articles here: