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Ballast Water Record Book (BWRB) MEPC.369(80)

  • Published
    31 Jan, 2025
  • INSB Class Ref
    10658
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Commissioning testing of the Ballast Water Management System

Amendments to the Commissioning testing of the Ballast Water Management Systems that were introduced by the IMO Resolution MEPC.325(75) and entered into force on 1 June 2022

Ballast Water Treatment Systems performance standards

Further to INSB Class Technical Notice  TD 10077/2020 which outlined the Resolution MEPC.300(72): Ballast water management system (BWMS), we remind you that such systems to be installed on or after 28 October 2020 must be approved in accordance with the IMO Code for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS Code), as required by BWM Convention Regulation D-3 and the BWMS Code (IMO Res. MEPC.300(72)).

New guidance relating to the Ballast Water Management Convention

The IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention entered into force in 2017 but at that time it applied only to new vessels. But a new milestone is now upon us – the Convention will apply to existing vessels from 8 September 2019.

Preliminary Report of MEPC 71 – Impact to BWM Convention

The 71th session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 71) took place at the headquarters of the IMO in London from 3 to 7 July 2017. Detailed information concerning the work of INSB will follow accordingly.

  • Published
    12 Jul, 2017
  • INSB Class Ref
    TD/9487
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