Ballast water management convention and the guidelines for its implementation / International Maritime Organization.
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BookPublisher: London : International Maritime Organization, 2009Edition: 2009 ed.ISBN: 9789280115031.Subject(s): Ballast (Ships) -- Environmental aspects | Discharge of ballast water -- Environmental aspects | Nonindigenous aquatic pests -- Control -- Law and legislation | Marine diesel motors -- Environmental aspects | Discharge of ballast water -- Law and legislation
DDC classification: 623.888 Summary: The main impact of these requirements is that ballast water exchange will be phased out as an acceptable method of complying with the Convention during the period from 2009 to 2016, depending on the vessel s ballast water capacity and delivery date. After this, ballast water treatment will be the only remaining option for complying with the Convention. The Convention contains a treatment standard that cannot be met by current treatment methods and technology. However, the standard is believed to be obtainable by the time ballast water exchange is to be phased out. Should this not be the case, the Convention contains opportunities to reconsider and amend the treatment standard in line with technical developments.
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The Maritime Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at its fifty-first session in April 2004, approved a programme for the development of guidelines and procedures for uniform implementation of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, listed in Conference resolution 1 including additional guidance required but not listed in the resolution. The programme was further expanded at the fifty-third session of the MEPC in July 2005 to develop and adopt 14 sets of Guidelines, the last one being adopted by resolution MEPC.173(58) in October 2008. This 2009 edition reproduces the text of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' ballast water and sediments, the four Conference resolutions, and the 14 sets of Guidelines developed and adopted by the MEPC of the Organization
The main impact of these requirements is that ballast water exchange will be phased out as an acceptable method of complying with the Convention during the period from 2009 to 2016, depending on the vessel s ballast water capacity and delivery date. After this, ballast water treatment will be the only remaining option for complying with the Convention. The Convention contains a treatment standard that cannot be met by current treatment methods and technology. However, the standard is believed to be obtainable by the time ballast water exchange is to be phased out. Should this not be the case, the Convention contains opportunities to reconsider and amend the treatment standard in line with technical developments.