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Ballast Water Management Convention

life after entry into force

Tim WilkinsEnvironment Director


1. IMO

2. US updates

3. Ballast Water Management Systems

Outline for luncheon



INTERTANKO’s Desired outcome for Ballast Water Management:

Tanker industry is able to achieve compliance with current and future discharge standards (both regionally and internationally)

Focus:

1. Installation and Operation of appropriate and adequate ballast water management systems

2. Compliance and enforcement – need strong, well defined and realistic international regulations

Ballast Water Management


• Entry into force, 8 September 2017 (last Friday)• Ratified by 63 countries representing 68.51% of

world tonnage• The basic requirements:

1. International Ballast Water Management Certificate2. Ballast Water Management Plan3. Ballast Water Record Book4. Installation and use of a BWMS OR undertake

Ballast Water Exchange

IMO: Life after entry into force



Ballast Water Management Convention

MEPC 64 (2012) INTERTANKO et al. submission identified THREE key challenges:

1. Port State Control procedures – should not be more onerous than BWMS Type Approval testing procedures

2. Guidelines for Type Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) G8 – not robust enough to provide reliable equipment

3. Availability of BWMS to meet Convention implementation schedule – unrealistic

Following continued pressure at MEPCs 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 and 71!

1. IMO: History



1. Port State Control procedures

1. Initial inspection - focus on documentation and crew training to operate BWMS

2. More detailed inspection - check to ensure that BWMS operates properly*

3. Indicative sampling - without unduly delaying ship, an indicative analysis of ballast

water can be taken

4. Detailed sampling - if indicative sampling exceeds D2 standard by a certain

threshold, a detailed analysis of ballast water can be taken

* self-monitoring parameters

2. IMO



1. Port State Control procedures

• Trial Period (initially for 3 years) following entry into force• Experience Building Phase (EBP) - to trial sampling and testing

procedures• During this period, port states will ‘refrain from detaining a

ship or initiating criminals sanctions in the event a BWMS does not meet the discharge standard’ (USA reserved position)

3. IMO



2. Guidelines for Type Approval of (BWMS) G8

• Revised Type Approval Guidelines (G8) approved• Agreed to make the Revised G8 Guidelines mandatory

through a Code• MEPC Resolution with time line for use of the Revised G8

Guidelines:i. Administrations to use Revised G8 immediately and not

later than 28 Oct 2018ii. All BWMS installed after 28 Oct 2020 to be approved

against Revised G8

4. IMO



2. Guidelines for Type Approval of BWMS G8Road-map for the protection of early-movers

• Installed BWMS approved to the current type approval guidelines should not be required to be replaced once the new guidelines are introduced

• If current BWMS are installed, maintained and operated correctly then they should not be required to be replaced for the life of the ship or the BWMS, whichever comes first, due to occasional lack of efficacy

• Early movers should not be penalized (sanctioned, warned, detained or excluded) solely due to occasional exceedance of BWMS (D-2) standard

• Footnote: non-penalization may be subject to review as additional information becomes available

5. IMO



3. Availability of BWMS to meet Convention implementation schedule

1. Liberia submission2. Shipping industry submission

Both papers sought the same objective

• Majority of member States spoke in favour of amending the implementation schedule

• Committee agreed to send an alternative implementation schedule andA.1088(28) to MEPC 71

6. IMO



7. IMO; MEPC 71 (3-7 July 2017)

BWMC Implementation Schedule:

“Existing ships will have until:

10.1 the first renewal survey … following the date of entry into force of the Convention if:

.1 this survey is completed on or after 8 September 2019; or

.2 a renewal survey is completed on or after 8 September 2014 but prior to 8 September 2017;

10.2 the second renewal survey … following the date of entry into force of the Convention if the first renewal survey following the date of entry into force of the Convention is completed prior to 8 September 2019, provided that the conditions of paragraph 10.1.2 are not met.”



8. IMO; After Entry into Force

In Summary:

1. PSC Trial Period (EBP) and standard inspection regime2. More robust Ballast Water Management System Type Approval

regime – will take time to build the market of 2nd Generation BWMS3. Practical schedule for installation of BWMS on new and existing

ships

Other important agreements:

1. Ballast Water Exchange2. Contingency Measures




1. Ballast Water Exchange

Regulation B-4.1 criteria for BWE: 200nm + 200m or 50nm + 200mRegulation D-1: 95% volumetric exchange

BWM.2/Circ.63

“…ships operating in sea areas where ballast water exchange inaccordance with regulation B-4.1 and D-1 is not possible.”

• Acknowledges that ships should not be delayed or deviate to meet the B-4.1 criteria

• Does not force ships to install BWMS (meet Regulation D-2) before their due date




2. Contingency measures

What to do in the event the BWMS fails?

BWM.2/Circ.62

Case-by-case basis:.1 actions in the Ballast Water Management Plan;.2 discharge ballast to a reception facility;.3 manage the ballast with a method acceptable to the port State;.4 ballast water exchange; or.5 operational actions, e.g. modifying sailing or ballast discharge

schedules, internal transfer of ballast or retention on board.




The Basics1. International Ballast Water Management Certificate2. Ballast Water Management Plan3. Ballast Water Record Book4. Installation and use of a BWMS OR undertake Ballast Water Exchange



1.12 IMO; After Entry into Force

The Challenges and INTERTANKO’s role1. Installation and Operation of appropriate and adequate ballast water

management systems

• Installing the right BWMS (USCG approved / IMO 2nd Generation)

2. Compliance and enforcement – need strong, well defined and realistic international regulations

• Uniform implementation and enforcement by port Stateso PSC inspections and sampling during the Trail Periodo Completing the Ballast Water Record Book o Contingency measures



1. IMO

2. US updates

3. Ballast Water Management Systems

Outline for luncheon


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