1 Date to be used for determining the implementation of mandatory
commissioning testing of individual ballast water management systems in
accordance with resolution MEPC.325(75)
Regulation E-1
Surveys
Regulations E-1.1.1 and E-1.1.5 read as follows:
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"1 An initial survey before the ship is put in service or before the
Certificate required under regulation E-2 or E-3 is issued for the first
time. This survey shall verify that the ballast water management plan
required by regulation B-1 and any associated structure, equipment, systems,
fittings, arrangements and material or processes comply fully with the
requirements of this Convention. This survey shall confirm that a
commissioning test has been conducted to validate the installation of any
ballast water management system by demonstrating that its mechanical,
physical, chemical and biological processes are working properly, taking
into account the guidelines developed by the Organizationfootnote.
5 An additional survey, either general or partial, according to the
circumstances, shall be made after a change, replacement, or significant
repair of the structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements and
material necessary to achieve full compliance with this Convention. The
survey shall be such as to ensure that any such change, replacement or
significant repair has been effectively made, so that the ship complies with
the requirements of this Convention. When an additional survey is undertaken
for the installation of any ballast water management system, this survey
shall confirm that a commissioning test has been conducted to validate the
installation of the system by demonstrating that its mechanical, physical,
chemical and biological processes are working properly, taking into account
the guidelines developed by the Organizationfootnote."
Interpretation:
1.1 Irrespective of new ships under construction subject to regulation
E-1.1.1 or existing ships retrofitting ballast water management system(s) (BWMS) on
board subject to regulation E-1.1.5, the commissioning testing of individual BWMS
taking into account the guidelines developed by the Organizationfootnote should be conducted if the initial or
additional survey is completed on or after 1 June 2022. If the initial or additional
survey is completed before 1 June 2022, the commissioning testing of individual BWMS
remains subject to the specific requirements of the Administration(s).
2 "Date installed" in relation to "Method of ballast water management
used"
Appendix I
Form of the International Ballast Water Management Certificate
The following information regarding "Details of ballast water management method(s)
used" is to be provided on the certificate:
Interpretation:
2.1 For the purpose of completing the International Ballast Water Management
Certificate, the date when commissioning has been completed in accordance with
section 8 of the BWMS Code
(resolution MEPC.300(72)) should be used.
2.2 Notwithstanding the above, it should be noted that, with regard to
the deadline for installing a ballast water management system, operative paragraph 5
of resolution MEPC.300(72) (Code for Approval of
Ballast Water Management Systems) is as follows:
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"5 RESOLVES that, for the purpose of operative paragraph 4 of this
resolution, the word "installed" means the contractual date of delivery of
the ballast water management system to the ship. In the absence of such a
date, the word "installed" means the actual date of delivery of the ballast
water management system to the ship;"
2.3 Consequently, two dates, i.e. the contractual date of delivery or the actual date
of delivery, and the date following commissioning and operation, may exist in
relation to installing a ballast water management system.
3 Principal ballast water management method(s) employed on the ship
Appendix I
Form of the International Ballast Water Management Certificate
Appendix I of the BWM Convention reads
as follows:
Interpretation:
3.1 For a ship which is occasionally engaged in an international voyage and is not
intending to discharge ballast water back to the original location, having been
granted an exemption by its Administration taking into account BWM.2/Circ.52/Rev.1,
on the condition that the ship implements the D-1 standard in lieu of the D-2
standard, the principal ballast water management method(s) employed is:
3.2 For a ship granted an exemption in accordance with regulation A-4 of the BWM
Convention, the principal ballast water management method employed on the ship
is:
3.3 For a ship which is fitted with a BWMS on board and is certified in accordance
with the D-2 standard, even if the ship will also use other ballast water management
methods as contingency measures, as reflected in its Ballast Water Management Plan,
the principal ballast water management method employed on this ship is:
3.4 For a ship which has employed an "other approach" in accordance with
regulation B-3.6 or B-3.7 of the BWM Convention, the Ballast Water Management Plan
should describe the other approach that has been approved for the ship.
3.5 In the case of an Administration that requires its ships which are subject to
equivalent compliance under regulation A-5 to carry International Ballast Water
Management Certificates, those certificates should refer to regulation A-5 in the
item "other approach" as their principal ballast water management method
employed.