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<p>This research highlights a crucial yet often overlooked intersection between ballast water management biosecurity regulations and operational compliance challenges. Effective compliance with ballast water regulations improves maritime biosecurity by preventing biological risks that could disrupt port management and operations, harm critical infrastructure, and destabilize global supply chain networks. By implementing treatments in accordance with standardized regulations and record-keeping mandates, the current regulations ensure maritime security while facilitating sustainable global trade operations. The International Maritime Organization’s Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC), the US Coast Guard (USCG), and other authoritative entities have established a regulatory framework on ballast water. (IMO <CitationRef CitationID="CR28">2025a</CitationRef>; USCG <CitationRef CitationID="CR44">2025</CitationRef>). Their goal is to eliminate public health and environmental risks caused by viruses, bacteria, invasive aquatic species, and toxic microalgae (ABS, <CitationRef CitationID="CR1">2025</CitationRef>; Clear Seas <CitationRef CitationID="CR14">2025</CitationRef>). This research provides a robust assessment and technological implementation framework for the marine environmental framework, evaluating the industry’s compliance with the Ballast Water Treatment regulatory protocol. The objective of this paper is to assess the technological implementation of the global maritime industry since regulatory compliance became mandatory, and to evaluate ongoing challenges, regulatory disparities, and emerging technologies in this field.</p>

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Addressing maritime biosecurity challenges via ballast water treatment technologies and regulations

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年3月2日

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  • Maria Burns,
  • Stephen Merryman

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This research highlights a crucial yet often overlooked intersection between ballast water management biosecurity regulations and operational compliance challenges. Effective compliance with ballast water regulations improves maritime biosecurity by preventing biological risks that could disrupt port management and operations, harm critical infrastructure, and destabilize global supply chain networks. By implementing treatments in accordance with standardized regulations and record-keeping mandates, the current regulations ensure maritime security while facilitating sustainable global trade operations. The International Maritime Organization’s Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC), the US Coast Guard (USCG), and other authoritative entities have established a regulatory framework on ballast water. (IMO 2025a; USCG 2025). Their goal is to eliminate public health and environmental risks caused by viruses, bacteria, invasive aquatic species, and toxic microalgae (ABS, 2025; Clear Seas 2025). This research provides a robust assessment and technological implementation framework for the marine environmental framework, evaluating the industry’s compliance with the Ballast Water Treatment regulatory protocol. The objective of this paper is to assess the technological implementation of the global maritime industry since regulatory compliance became mandatory, and to evaluate ongoing challenges, regulatory disparities, and emerging technologies in this field.