An Imminent Threat to Marine Ecology: Ballast Water Management System to Save Marine Life

This book will introduce the history of ballast water and the threats it causes to our oceans. You will also understand the current rules, regulations, and conventions. Per country ballast water discharge standards are explained clearly. The book will also detail the significance of the ballast water management treatment code.

For the past 12 years, I have worked as an Engineer and a Manager for the ballast water treatment system companies in the USA, where I have made it my mission to deliver a quality product to the ship owners/Shipyards. Dedicated to continuing professional development, my credentials include a Bachelors in Marine engineering, Masters in Ocean Engineering, and MBA in project management. I have delivered 40 plus ballast water treatment systems to vessel owners to date.

I wrote this book as an overview of ballast water and its management for the shipping community. I hope this book will be a valuable reference for students, researchers, and engineers. My goal is to let the world know about this pollution that has started 2 decades ago since the ships started using water as a means to stabilize the ship for bad weather and safety purposes.

Thank you for reading this book.

Written By: Sunil Sarangi

Sunil Sarangi is an experienced Marine Engineer, He has founded Eco Marine, a Ballast Water Treatment Systems Design and consultants’ firm that helps to protect and control aquatic invasive species.

He began working in the Ballast water regulation in the United States in the early 2005’s. He received his bachelor’s degree in Marine Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology in India in 2004. He also received his Master’s of Science in Ocean Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology in Florida in 2008.
During the past decade, his work has focused upon developing cost-effective methods for reducing the spread of aquatic invasive species, the economic cost of this introduction has been estimated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at about $5 billion.

His work over the past 10 years can be summarized as covering the following subjects:
• the design and development of Ballast Water Treatment Systems
• investigations into the effectiveness of techniques and technologies for measuring and reducing aquatic nuisance species.
• As a lead manager successfully completed more than $40 million USD projects related to Ballast Water Treatment Systems.

Mr. Sunil Sarangi has authored several articles on Marine engineering and Ballast Water Treatment issues and has spoken at numerous symposia and conferences during the past decade.