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BWMS
CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES OF OUR LATEST CIRCULARS

BWMS
CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES OF OUR LATEST CIRCULARS
Ballast Water Record Book (BWRB) MEPC.369(80)
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.