Ballast Water Management

Source: BIMCO - The shipping industry is facing several challenges in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, including delays and postponements of ballast water management systems (BWMS) installations in shipyards and dry docks. Should this disruption continue for a few more months, some shipowners’ plans to install type-approved systems could face disruptions.

Source: BMA - This Bulletin provides information on the key requirements of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (“Ballast Water Management/BWM Convention”)

3/7/2019 Source: European Maritime Safety Agency - This document provides best practice guidance and a harmonised approach to sampling for compliance in accordance with Article 9 of the IMO Ballast Water Convention 2004.

5/8/2018 Source: USCG - The list is quite comprehensive. Click here for the entire document. Here's the Table of Contents:

Excerpt from the news release: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science - Maritime Environmental Resource Center ends certification testing of  Ballast water management systems."Shortcomings in both the IMO G8 Guidelines and the USCG Independent Laboratory certification testing process have resulted in significant uncertainties abo

PRESS RELEASE 12/16                                                             &nbs

The Liberian Maritime Administration is to introduce a proposal to the meeting of the IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC70) in London on 24 October to allow certain ships additional time beyond 2020 to install adequate ballast water management systems as required under the Ballast Water Management Convention, which comes into force in September 2017.

2/18/2016 - Coast Guard Maritime Commons Blog - The Coast Guard reminds ship owners and operators that the final rule amending the ballast water management reporting and record keeping requirements, published on November 24, 2015 goes into effect on <

Our colleague Dennis Bryant (www.brymar-consulting.com) writing in the November 2015 issue of The Maritime Reporter provides an excellent explanation of the Courts decision and potential consequences.