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INTERTANKO requests change to US EPA VGP Ballast Water schedule

INTERTANKO, as part of an industry coalition, has sent a letter to the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water requesting a change to the draft 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP) ballast water treatment implementation schedule for newly built ships to be consistent with the US Coast Guard final rule schedule.The letter emphasises that is important to provide industry with a single, achievable US federal schedule for the installation of type-approved treatment technologies on ships calling at US ports.To view a copy of the letter click hereSource: INTERTANKO

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Industry airs concerns over BWM Convention

Document was submitted to the IMO including major concerns over BWMS Concerns over the IMO's Ballast Water Convention (BWM) have been expressed by leading shipping organisations to the IMO ahead of this October's MEPC 64 meeting.A document was submitted to the IMO endorsed by Liberia, the Marshall Islands, Panama, BIMCO, INTERTANKO, CLIA, INTERCARGO, InterManager, IPTA, NACE and WSC.As has been raised at previous MEPC meetings, there are a number of issues that are affecting ratification and implementation of the BWM Convention that need to be addressed by the MEPC and the IMO member states to ensure proper and effective implementation of the convention.The major concerns of the authors are as follows:1) Need for revision of the Guidelines for approval of ballast water management systems (G8) to improve transparency and ensure appropriate robustness of ballast water management systems (BWMS).2) Availability of BWMS and sufficient facilities to install BWMS.3) Survey and certification requirements for ships constructed prior to entry into force of the BWM Convention.4) sampling and analysis procedures for port State control purposes.In June 2012, there were 23 type approved BWMS on the market; 25 BWMS have been approved in total with two BWMS having been withdrawn from the market by ...

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INTERTANKO submits paper on ballast water challenges to IMO

In its paper INTERTANKO outlines four challenges Following consideration of the current state of ballast water treatment and the implementation of the International Convention by INTERTANKO's Council, ISTEC and Environmental Committee a submission has been made to the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) outlining four key challenges relating to ballast water management. The submission has been made jointly with Liberia, the Marshall Islands, Panama, BIMCO, CLIA, Intercargo, InterManager, IPTA, NACE and WSC.In its paper, INTERTANKO outlines the four challenges affecting ratification and effective implementation of the BWM Convention as:need for revision of the Guidelines for approval of ballast water management systems (G8) to improve transparency and ensure appropriate robustness of ballast water management systems (BWMS); availability of BWMS and sufficient facilities to install BWMS; survey and certification requirements for ships constructed prior to entry into force of the BWM Convention; and, sampling and analysis procedures for port State control purposes.In terms of the type approval guidelines, the paper comments that these guidelines are intended to screen out BWMS that would fail to meet the IMO Convention discharge standards. Approval, however, does not ensure that a given system will work in compliance with the discharge standard once installed on board ...

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