Understanding the problem of environmental threats from the use of ballast water
- Overview of the IMO response to the problem of invasive species
- IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention
- Ballast Water Management Plan, Ballast Water Exchange and Ballast Water Management Record Book
- Compliance, including Ballast Water Management Techniques and Technologies
Anti-fouling systems
- Background
- IMO Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships (AFS 2001)
Chemical pollution
- HNS (Hazardous and Noxious Substances): Noxious Liquid Substances (NLS) (Annex II) & Harmful Substances in packaged form (Annex III)
- SOLAS Chapter VII (Carriage of dangerous goods)
- International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code
Sewage and garbage and the dumping of other material, including waste management operations
- Sewage (MARPOL Annex IV)
- Garbage (MARPOL Annex V)
- Dumping of waste and other material (1972 London Convention, 1996 Protocol)
Ship recycling
- The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships 2009

Module 2