선박평형수 관리협약에 관한 연구

The IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention requires that new ships built after 1st January 2009 should to be fitted with special treatment equipment to eliminate the risks of introduction of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens. But many governments agreed on the opinion that the date of introduction of the new treatment methods should be suspended for one or two years. However, because of legal complexities, a firm decision is not made yet. This problem is caused by IMO agreeing to fixed implementation dates for new regulations without any certainty as to when they will enter into force. And, the United States made another complicated problem caused by the Bill which Congress is considering in order to implement more stringent ballast treatment standard than required by IMO. The shipping industry will be in chaos as ships struggle to comply with differing standards in different parts of the world. The purpose of this study is to research the source of these problems, which should to be considered for the future international environmental conventions.