The Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022 (“the Regulations”), implement the requirements of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (“BWM Convention”).
This Notice is given statutory force by the Regulations and should be read in conjunction with them and MGN 675. This Notice provides the detailed technical requirements of the obligations contained in the Regulations. It covers:
– The meaning of “IOPP renewal survey” in regulation 5 of the Regulations;
– The guidelines that must be taken into account when providing ballast water reception facilities;
– The guidelines Certifying Authorities must take into account when considering whether to approve a ballast water management plan;
– The information which must be included in a ballast water management plan;
– The information which must be recorded in ballast water record books, and the operations which must be recorded;
– Further information on ballast water exchange;
– Information on commissioning testing requirements;
– The guidelines that must be taken into account when providing sediment reception facilities;
– The procedure and requirements for type approval of Ballast Water Management Systems;
– The information which must be contained in an IBWM Certificate.
Source: MCA.