Captain Hereth elaborated on a uniform inspection standard that all vessels will have to subscribe. Mr. David George of Equiva presented his company's approach to ship vetting. The criterion used for vetting ships comes from several sources including the vessel's flag, its class society, age and history. Mr. Erling Vegsund of Echlon Engineering, Inc. presented an outline of inspection criteria at marine terminals.
Hazard identification is the first, and in many ways, the most important step in risk assessment.
An overlooked hazard is likely to introduce more error into the overall risk estimate than an inaccurate consequence model or frequency estimate. Maurya briefed the audience on future State Lands Commission plans to work with the technology development sector to identify potential ballast water treatment systems. Mr. Tom Mackay of Hyde Marine described his company s 'Optimar Ballast System' as an effective and reliable solution for ballast water treatment based on solids separation and UV irradiation. The Optimar System utilizes existing ballast water pumps and piping onboard ships. Captain George Wright described an Optimar installation aboard the Princess Cruises 'Regal Princess ' as the first ballast water treatment system of its kind aboard an operational cruise vessel.