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Standardising ballast water compliance: key takeaways from MEPC 81
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Standardising ballast water compliance: key takeaways from MEPC 81

11 Apr 2024
Key outcomes of International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) latest Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting (81) included finalising a table of important issues to consider during a review of ballast water regulations. These issues address improvements to the performance and reliability of BWMSs to improve ...
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BWMS legislation in North America

10 Apr 2024
Under the 2018 US Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA) legislation and as the key policy-making body for ballast water rules in the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was required to propose new standards for the US Coast Guard (USCG) to adopt and enforce. However, in October 2023, ...
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Navigating ballast water commissioning testing requirements and potential pitfalls

09 Apr 2024
Fitting a ballast water management system that is type-approved by the US Coast Guard or IMO is not the end of a shipowner’s ballast-related compliance obligations. Layers of requirements have been added – from the June 2022 deadline for a successful test to the September 2024 D-2 standard deadline ...
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Beware the zombie BWMS service agreement

02 Jun 2023
Not all service agreements are created equal, and shipowners must be careful to avoid "zombie" service agreements that are no longer valid or provide insufficient support when it comes to the availability of spare parts, software updates and could leave owners stranded amidst a landscape of new and ...
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What is happening with BWMS legislation in North America?

31 May 2023
Canada and the US share the Great Lakes but are on distinctly different ballast water treatment pathways for those inland waterways. While Canada is supporting shipping stakeholders with aid for conversion, the US government has been threatened with a lawsuit by an NGO over alleged lack of progress ...
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Replacing a failed or out-of-spec BWMS

30 May 2023
IMO’s MEPC first produced guidelines on ballast water treatment in 1991, and the final phase is in sight with the D-2 standard commencing on 8 September 2024. However, the intervening decades have produced a legacy of BWMS designs and installations that will not meet the D-2 standard or are no ...
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The future of ballast water

02 Feb 2023
September 24 is the 20 year anniversary of IMO’s D-2 standard however the evolution of ballast water regulation shows no signs of slowing. A case in point: this year should see an IMO study into meshing BWMS legislation with the Barcelona Convention 1978.

Lessons learned from BWMS operation

01 Feb 2023
Vessel operators and ballast water management system experts share lessons learned, ranging from best practice to PSC inspection to crew training. They also forecast the likely shape and timeline of US BWMS legislation.
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Vessel operators’ new and continuing BWMS installation and testing obligations

31 Jan 2023
Fit and forget does not apply following the installation of a type-approved BWMS. Vessel operators need to comply with new and varied operational and compliance requirements that come into force between June 2022 and September 2024 D-2 deadline.
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What shipowners want and need from the BWMS industry and its regulators in 2022

20 Jan 2022
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?
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Out of commission: how to respond to a negative BWMS commissioning test

19 Jan 2022
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 ...
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