Tag: BWMS

BIMCO co-sponsored a paper asking the IMO to improve the ballast water record book. The aim is to improve the existing IMO guidance on the topic.

The US Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued its 41st USCG BWMS Type Approval Certificate to Hamburg-based manufacturer SKF Marine GmbH.

A new USCG analysis shows that the number of vessels discharging unmanaged ballast water within 12 nm has reduced in the last year, but it is uncertain if this is linked to ballast water best management practices (BMP) recommended by USCG in 2019. 

The 8th session of IMO's Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response will take place virtually on 22-26 March 2021, focusing discussions, among others, on amendments to the IBC Code, development of a standard for the verification of ballast water compliance monitoring devices and assessment of Black Carbon emissions in Arctic shipping. 

The US Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued the 40th USCG BWMS Type Approval Certificate to Japanese Kurita Water Industries, Ltd. after a detailed review of the manufacturer’s type approval application determined the system met the requirements of 46 CFR 162.060.

The US Coast Guard is facilitating the application process for both prototype Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) and BWMS undergoing US Type Approval testing under the oversight of an Independent Laboratory (IL).

During its virtual meeting last week, Tokyo MoU PSC Committee considered and agreed to accept the proposal by the Paris MoU to carry out a CIC on Ballast Water Management (BWM) in 2025. 

The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) published a Ballast Water Management Systems User Guide to provide step-by-step methods for integrating and operating a compliant BWMS.

ClassNK has been monitoting the retrofitting status of ballast water management systems (BWMS) on its registered ships periodically since 2018, now recommending the industry to install BWMS in advance.

The US Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued the 39th Ballast Water Management System Type Approval Certificate to to Alfa Laval Tumba AB after a detailed review of the manufacturer’s type approval application determined the system met the requirements of 46 CFR 162.060.