Here we provide project files for download, as well as texts for publication provided to various companies and institutions.
Reports:
- Project on ballast water sampling and rapid onboard compliance analysis nears completion
- Effective new technologies for the assessment of compliance with the ballast water management convention
- SGS Project Interims Report – Effective new technologies for the assessment of compliance with the ballast water management convention
- Technical Requirements for Onboard Ballast Water Sampling
- Training Papers Flow Velocity
- Training Papers Algorithm Flow Velocity
Presentations:
- Testing Ballast Water Treatment Systems for Compliance and Performance
- SGS Ballast Water Sampling System
Sampling System:
- Procedure for the production of artificial Seawater from commercially available Salt Mixtures
- Protocol for the production of artificial Seawater from commercially available Salt Mixtures
- Procedure to generate representative Samples of Ballast Water from Ballast Water Pipe Systems on board Ships
- Protocol to generate representative Samples of Ballast Water from Ballast Water Pipe Systems on board Ships
- Preliminary validation of a sampling procedure developed by SGS Germany
ATP Analysis:
- Procedure for the Analysis of Ballast Water to determine the Concentration of Bacteria using the Adenosin-Triphosphate Method
- Protocol for the Analysis of Ballast Water to determine the Concentration of viable Bacteria using the Adenosin-Triphosphate Method
- Procedure for the Analysis of Ballast Water to determine the Concentration of Plankton Organisms >10µm<50µm using the Adenosin-Triphosphate Method
- Protocol for the Analysis of Ballast Water to determine the Concentration of viable Plankton Organisms >10µm<50µm using the Adenosin-Triphosphate Method
- Procedure for the Analysis of Ballast Water to determine the Concentration of Plankton Organisms >50µm using the Adenoson-Triphosphate Method
- Protocol for the Analysis of Ballast Water to determine the Concentration of viable Plankton Organisms >50µm using the Adenoson-Triphosphate Method
- Report on the validation of a method for the determination of bacteria in marine water samples based on the measurement of cellular Adenosin-triphosphate (cATP)
- Preliminary validation of an ATP analytical procedure for ballast water
- Safety Data Sheet: Luminase
- Safety Data Sheet: UltraCheck
- Safety Data Sheet: UltraLute
- Safety Data Sheet: UltraLyse
FISH Analysis:
- Procedure for the Analysis of Ballast Water to determine the Concentration of Escherichia coli and Enterococci using the Fluorescence in situ Hybridisation Method
- Protocol for the Analysis of Ballast Water to determine the Concentration of Escherichia coli and Enterococci using the Fluorescence in situ Hybridisation Method
- Procedure for the Analysis of Ballast Water to determine the Concentration of Vibrio Cholerae using the Fluorescence in situ Hybridisation Method
- Protocol for the Analysis of Ballast Water to determine the Concentration of Vibrio Cholerae using the Fluorescence in situ Hybridisation Method
- Report on the validation of a method for the determination of bacteria (Escherichia coli, Enterococci and Vibrio cholerae) in marine water samples based on the VIT® gene probe technology Fluorescence In Situ Hybridisation (FISH)
- Safety data sheet according to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Annex II: Finisher
- Safety data sheet according to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Annex II: Solution B2
- Safety data sheet according to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Annex II: Solution D1 et al.
- Safety data sheet according to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Annex II: Negative Control, Positive Control et al.
Various Publications:
- Schillak, L. 2013: Ballastwasser Management Konvention – Die Bedeutung der Probenahme und Analytik von Ballastwasser an Bord von Schiffen im Rahmen der internationalen Ballastwasser Management Konvention der International Maritime Organization – IMO; Schiffsbetriebstechnik Flensburg, Heft 223, September 2013, S.10-13
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