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Tne International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) enters into force 8 September 2017!
Overview of California State Ballast Water Management and noncompliance penalties.
The USCG Assistant Commandant for prevention policy have over the past week published a series on the USCG Ballast Water regulations.
MEPC 81 addressed ballast water management for ships while operating in challenging water quality, and temporary storage of treated sewage and/or grey water in ballast water tanks. The recent meeting of the IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (81st Session) made significant progress on the application of the BWM Convention to ships operating in challenging water quality conditions, and on temporary storage of treated sewage and/or grey water in ballast water tanks – with guidance adopted on both issues.
The procedure replaces the “Approval procedure for in-water cleaning companies". It was written:
As reported some years ago under the heading "Ukraine Ballast Water Problems in Ports" this still seems to be a problematic issue as BIMCO has received an update from the the Japan Ship Owners' Mutual Protection & Indemnity Association.
