Ballast Water Webinar Week
18 January 2022 - 20 January 2022
09:00 - 09:45
GMT - ONLINE
Ballast Water Webinar Week, be sure to join us
Deadlines. Commissioning. Shipowner selections
Beginning Tuesday 18 January, Riviera will be holding a series of webinars focused on deadlines, commissioning tests and shipowner requirements for 2022 and 2023. Each webinar is meticulously researched and speaks to a key industry challenge, headache or opportunity.
Our webinars are designed to strike the right balance between transmission of key information and interaction with the expert panel assembled. Those who register will also receive copies of webinar materials post event.
Our discussions are focused, cover the advertised subjects, and deliver registrants actionable insights.
Registration is free, please sign up below
To guarantee a position on one of the webinar panels, as a premium partner or sponsored presenter and panellist, please contact Paul Dowling. A number of positions are made available throughout our webinar weeks for our commercial partners on a first come, first served basis.
Please join us for any or all of the following:
BMWS 2022 and 2024 deadlines: what every operator needs to knowDate: Tuesday 18 January - Time: 09:00-09:45 GMT |
From 1 June 2022, all new Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention installations will require a commissioning test, as agreed at MEPC 75. From 8 September 2024, with very few exemptions, vessels are required to have a BWMS. As these deadlines approach, new issues have arisen: the high D-2 standard failure rate and the logistics related to the sheer number of vessels requiring BWTS installation (only 17% of the tanker fleet has BWTS). Is it time for a deadline extension, can this be done and what are the systemic risks with having unachievable standards?
- D-2 failures: review of the Global TestNet report
- D-2 deadline coordination: too many ships, too little time
- Performance of TRO sensors in chlorine-based systems
- Operations in ports with challenging water quality
- IMO’s extension process
- BWMS presentations at MEPC 77
Panellists:
John Loaiza, Director, BioMarine Services
Mark Riggio, Head of Marine, Filtersafe
Frank Fuhr, Director of Operations, MEA-nl
Duncan H Tanner, Senior Manager, Marine Engineering, Exponent International
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Ballast water reception and treatment as a service in US watersDate: Tuesday 18 January - Time: 15:00-15:45 GMT |
This webinar examines the fact that shipowners and operators headed to US Gulf of Mexico ports with out-of-commission or unavailable BWMSs, with expired AMS periods or vessels beyond USCG compliance dates can now be compliant with US regulations by discharging ballast water into approved reception facilities.
Join us as we cover:
- Crucial information for shipowners and operators about this market development
- Is the market development too late?
- Cost/benefit: comparing the age of a vessel vs potential revenue over its remaining lifetime to understand options to forego BWMS installation or AMS upgrades
Panellists:
William Burroughs, CEO, Monstrant Viam, LLC
Marcus Hummer, CEO, Bawat
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Out of commission: how to respond to a negative BWMS commissioning testDate: Wednesday 19 January Time: 09:00-09:45 GMT |
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The amendments to regulation E-1 of the BWM Convention adopted by MECP 74 require biological efficacy testing when commissioning a BWTS on board a vessel. This amendment will come into effect on 1 June 2022. The test is conducted onboard, and commissioning testing is successful if the indicative analysis indicates that the discharge samples do not exceed the D-2 standard for the size classes analysed and the self-monitoring equipment indicates correct operation. But what happens if the commissioning test is unsuccessful? In this webinar, we explore the many issues that are surfacing around commissioning testing.
- Verification protocol of Compliance Monitoring Devices (CMD): what is and isn’t there
- Is there a CMD that meets all requirements?
- If a commissioning test fails, what happens next?
- Will there be enough commissioning testers?
- How many reports are in the EBP database?
- Should the EBP be extended?
Panellists:
Andreas Lougridis, EU Area Business Development Manager, Maritec
Cees van Slooten, Project Manager / Ballast Water Testing Expert, Control Union Certifications
Sahan Abeysekara, Principal Specialist, Lloyd’s Register
Michael Haraldsson, Sales & Business Development Manager, Chelsea Technologies
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What shipowners want and need from the BWMS industry and its regulators in 2022Date: Thursday 20 January Time: 09:00-09:45 GMT |
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In this webinar, shipowners and operators who have installed BWMS ahead of the D-2 standard give feedback on the challenges they have faced and what they would like to see from BWMS 3.0. Does this include, as we have seen, the trend toward filter-less BWMS?
Join us as we discuss:
- Filtered versus filter-less BWMSs
- Should the Shanghai test be standard?
- Teams, tools & onboard training
- Cost benefit: age of vessels vs revenue over remaining vessel lifetime
- Is there still room for a new BWTS?
- What shipowners and operators want from BWMS 3.0
- Giving voice to owners concerns and views
- Is the Ballast Water Management Plan fit for purpose
- The extent the BWMS industry is preparing for ’exchange and treat’ in the long term
Panellists:
Panos Smyroglou, VP Sales & Marketing, Ecochlor
Tim Wilkins, Environment Director, INTERTANKO
Gitte Ingelise Petersen, Business Development and Project Manager, DHI
Kechao Lu, Director of Strategy and Development Department , Headway Technology Group
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Webinar details:
A confirmation email will be sent after registration. A reminder will be sent with your access details no later than 72 hours before the events date and a further reminder will be sent 1 hour before the webinar is due to begin.
- During the webinar the identity of the attendees is confidential
- All attendees join the webinar with their microphone off
- We encourage questions to be sent during the webinar, the Moderator will raise these to the expert presenters
- A recording of the Webinar will be accessible at www.rivieramm.com/webinar-library following the live event taking place.
