Tag: BWM Convention

Hong Kong Merchant Shipping Information Note Hong Kong Marine Department issues Merchant Shipping Information Note regarding Clarification Regarding the Application Dates Contained in Regulation B-3 of the BWM Convention as follows:This Note advises the clarification of IMO on the application schedule of the D-2 standard with regard to ships described in Regulation B-3 of the Ballast Water Management Convention.1.In July 2011, at its 62nd session, IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) further clarified the application schedule of the D-2 standard with regard to ships described in Regulation B-3 of the BWM Convention, and agreed to add new explanatory text relevant to ships described in Regulation B-3.4 to Circular BWM.2/Circ.29 and to disseminatethe expanded circular as BWM.2/Circ.29/Rev.1.2. The Circular BWM.2/Circ.29/Rev.1 dated 26 September 2011 can be found on Marine Department Website at "http://www.mardep.gov.hk/en/msnote/msin.html" and is attached to this MSIN.3. Shipowners, ship managers, operators and classification societies are advised to follow the clarification when applying the relevant provisions of Regulation B-3 of BWM Convention.Source: Hong Kong Marine Department

Amendments to BWM.2/Circ.19 The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its sixty-first session(27 September to 1 October 2010), approved the amendments to BWM.2/Circ.19 regarding the clarification on the application dates of the ballast water performance standard contained in regulation B-3.1 of the BWM Convention.Regulation B-3.1 of the Ballast Water Management Convention provides:"A ship constructed before 2009:.1 with a ballast water capacity of between 1,500 and 5,000 cubic metres,inclusive, shall conduct ballast water management that at least meets thestandard described in regulation D-1 or regulation D-2 until 2014, after whichtime it shall at least meet the standard described in regulation D-2;.2 with a ballast water capacity of less than 1,500 or greater than 5,000 cubicmetres shall conduct ballast water management that at least meets thestandard described in regulation D-1 or regulation D-2 until 2016, after whichtime it shall at least meet the standard described in regulation D-2."For more information, click here.Source: IMO