Maritime News

The Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention requires ships which haven’t already installed and commissioned a ballast water management system (BWMS), to do so at the time of the ship’s next International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate renewal survey.

This Notice provides the key requirements of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (“Ballast Water
Management/BWM Convention”).

References to Articles and Regulations in this Notice are references to the BWM Convention unless stated otherwise.

Amendments to Regulations E-1.1.1 and E-1.1.5 of the BWM Convention were adopted in November 2020, specifying the requirements to conduct the commissioning test of Ballast Water Management System (BWMS), including sampling and analysis. It is to be noted that these amendments shall enter into force on 1 June 2022.

This statutory news contains some timely reminders to ensure compliance with the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention.

The seventy-fifth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 75) was held from 16 to 20 November 2020 as a web conference due to the pandemic of COVID-19.