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Press Release
Canadian Shipowners Association
Launches Ballast Water Research
and Evaluation Fund
April 21, 2015
The members of the Canadian Shipowners
Association (CSA) are leading the search for ballast
water technology on the Great Lakes and St.
Lawrence Waterway by collectively contributing an
initial $1.5 million dollars to the establishment of a
research and technical evaluation fund. Canada’s
domestic fleet operates specially designed ships
under very unique and challenging operational
conditions. With no type-approved technology
available to comply with ballast water regulations in
both Canadian and American waters, CSA members
are searching for solutions to protect the marine
environment while enabling continued operations and
commerce.
“While the Canadian industry has been seeking a
solution through testing and evaluation, our
membership decided to strengthen this effort with a
dedicated program that is aimed at finding a solution
that is both operationally and economically feasible for
domestic vessels” says CSA President, Robert Lewis-
Manning. The CSA notes that by taking this
leadership role it will grow a research community and
a collective evidence base for the application of ballast
water technologies on domestic vessels.
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The primary aim of the CSA Research and Evaluation
fund will be to find technical solutions to ballast water
management through the research of issues unique to
Great Lakes fresh water and domestic vessels that do
not leave Canadian and US waters. “We envision this
fund as an initial means of funding specific ballast
water research for domestic vessels. We hope that
this initiative will pave the way for collaboration with
private and public sectors partners in this research
and evaluation effort.” said CSA President, Robert
Lewis-Manning.
Mr. Nicolas Leak has been hired as the Project
Manager of the Fund effective April 21, 2015. As an
experienced leader in the Royal Canadian Navy with
extensive project management experience, Mr. Leak
will coordinate the CSA membership’s effort and
engagement with partners and other stakeholders.
CSA members have invested in 14 state-of-the-art
high-efficiency vessels worth over $700M. Canadian
ship owners operate uniquely designed ships on
Canadian coastal, Arctic and inland waters, with highly
skilled Canadian crew and are part of a $35B
continental marine transportation system. Canadian
ship owners are committed to protecting the marine
environment and are using technologies and
processes to reduce emissions, discharges and the
environmental footprint of vessels. Marine
transportation is the safest, most efficient and
sustainable form of transportation.
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Media Contact: Robert Lewis-Manning, President, the
Canadian Shipowners Association, 613-232-3539,
lewis-manning@shipowners.ca
http://www.shipowners.ca
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