Effectiveness of a Barge-Based Ballast Water Treatment System for Multi-Terminal Ports

  • Lovro Maglić Pomorski fakultet u Rijeci, SveučiliÅ¡te u Rijeci Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka
  • Damir Zec Pomorski fakultet u Rijeci, SveučiliÅ¡te u Rijeci Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka
  • Vlado Frančić Pomorski fakultet u Rijeci, SveučiliÅ¡te u Rijeci Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v27i5.1812
Keywords: ballast water management, ballast reception facility, discrete event simulation,

Abstract

The paper presents outcomes of the discrete event simulation of the ballast water management in a multi-terminal port. The simulation includes ship’s manoeuvring, cargo and ballast operations and a barge-based ballast water treatment system operating within all terminal areas. The barge-based ballast water treatment system is used by ships unable to use their own equipment, not equipped with an appropriate ballast treatment system or non-compliant with the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention 2004 for whatever reason. The main goal is to estimate the productivity and cost effectiveness of such systems as an option to support ships not able to comply with the BWM Convention, once it enters into force. The model was built and tested in Arena simulation software. Process parameters are based on real traffic data for the port of Rijeka. The results indicate that barge-based ballast treatment facility will be heavily underutilized, and that such systems are cost-effective only in ports where large volumes of ballast water need to be delivered to shore treatment systems.

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Lovro Maglić, Pomorski fakultet u Rijeci, SveučiliÅ¡te u Rijeci Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka

Lovro Maglić is a postdoc research assistant at the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Rijeka, as a member of the Nautical Science department. He achieved a PhD in in the field of Technical Science – maritime transport technology.

His expertise is related to maritime transport, traffic analysis, port planning and operations, maritime safety, marine environmental protection, human element in navigation and simulation modeling.

Damir Zec, Pomorski fakultet u Rijeci, Sveučilište u Rijeci Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka

Damir Zec is a full professor at the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Rijeka, as a member of the Nautical Science department. His expertise is related to maritime transport, traffic analysis, port planning and operations, maritime safety, safety of navigation, marine technologies, prevention of pollution from ships and environment protection.

Vlado Frančić, Pomorski fakultet u Rijeci, SveučiliÅ¡te u Rijeci Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka

Vlado Francic is an Assistant professor at the Department for nautical science at Faculty of Maritime Studies in Rijeka. He achieved PhD in the field of Technical Science – maritime transport technology. His scientific researches is related to theoretical and empirical research on maritime traffic, traffic modelling, maritime safety and security. He is associate and author on numerous scientific articles and research projects related to safety of navigation, protection of the marine environment and regulations related to maritime affairs. Currently, he is Head of postgraduate study "Pomorstvo" at the Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka.

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Published
2015-10-28
How to Cite
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Maglić L, Zec D, Frančić V. Effectiveness of a Barge-Based Ballast Water Treatment System for Multi-Terminal Ports. Promet [Internet]. 2015Oct.28 [cited 2024Dec.30];27(5):429-37. Available from: http://traffic.fpz.hr/index.php/PROMTT/article/view/1812
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Vol 27 No 5 (2015)
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