BWM Convention – application dates
The International Maritime Organization has issued a circular providing clarification regarding the application dates contained in regulation B-3.1 of the Ballast Water Management Convention with the following wording:
The “anniversary date of delivery of the ship in the year of compliance” specified in regulation B-3.2, refers to years 2014 and 2016 indicated in regulation B_3.1. Consequently, ships with a ballast water capacity between 1,500 m3 and 5,000 m3 inclusive, are required to comply with the D-2 standard not later than the first intermediate or renewal survey, whichever occurs first, after the anniversary date of delivery of the ship in 2014 under regulation B-3.1.1; and ships with a ballast water capacity of less than 1,500 or greater than 5,000 m3 are required to comply with D-2 standard not later than the first intermediate or renewal survey, whichever occurs first, after the anniversary date of delivery of the ship in 2016 under regulation B-3.1.2.
For the full text of the IMO Circular BWM.2/Circ.29 please press here.
Source: IMO
