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LAN Maritime LAB was created to be the first independent and genuinely Brazilian company, with a total focus on preserving the environment with regard to the control of ballast water discharge in the jurisdictional waters of our country.

Ballast is the water that ships carry in the tanks of their holds before a voyage to guarantee buoyancy, stability, navigability and safety of the vessels. Ballast water typically contains a wide variety of organisms, including plants, animals, protozoa, eggs, larvae, spores, viruses and bacteria.

Therefore, ballast water is recognized as one of the main vectors for the spread of potentially invasive alien species between different biomes. In addition, the physical-chemical characteristics of ballast water are one of the greatest threats to the world’s oceans and can cause extremely serious environmental, public health conditions.

In view of the scenario and bearing in mind that the control of the ballast is still not widespread in Brazil, LAN Maritime LAB has the mission to provide monitoring of the ballast water and, consequently, contributes to the dissemination of this theme among authorities and maritime agents, owners of vessels , environmentalists, etc.