Tag: ballast water

The US Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance announced the release of the U.S. Port State Control Annual Report for 2023. USCG reported that the annual detention rate increased from 0.89 percent to 1.22 percent.

IMO MEPC 81 adopted amendments to regulations A-1 and B-2 of the BWM Convention concerning the use of electronic record books, expected to enter into force on 1 October 2025, and further focused on the implementation and Convention review.

According to DNV, ship owners and managers may want to modify the ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) installed on their vessels, such as upgrading the BWTS or making any other changes to the BWTS.

Japan P&I Club presents information regarding the precautions in discharging ballast water at the Conakry port, Guinea.

Australia has presented a study to IMO MEPC 81 evaluating the efficiency of ballast water management systems (BWMS) concerning the BWM Convention. The study revealed non-compliance in 36% (16) of the detailed tests for biological compliance.

“Eurika! (I have found)”... Shouted Archimedes after he sunk in his bathtub, but did you know that the discovery behind that Eurika is the reason why ships float?

According to Oasis P&I, major changes brought by the amended Marine Environmental Protection Law of PRC effective from 1 January 2024.

Lloyd’s Register published a statutory alert, in which highlights that the IMO has released BWM.2/Circ.80 – Guidance on ballast water record-keeping and reporting.

Ship Managers with vessels covered under the 2013 VGP are required to submit the annual report by February 29th 2024 (for activities conducted from January 1st 2023 until December 31st 2023).

Skuld Club's local correspondents, Omur Marine, inform informs about the recent pollution rates in effect since January 1st 2024, pursuant to the Turkish Environmental Code.