Circular
Clasification Society 2024 - Version 9.40
Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Ballast Water Management - BWM.2/Circular.42/Rev.2 – International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 – (9 December 2020)... - Circular

Circular

 1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its fifty-eighth session (October 2008), following the adoption of the Guidelines for ballast water sampling (G2) (resolution MEPC.173(58)), instructed the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG) to develop, as a matter of high priority, a circular to provide sampling and analysis guidance.

2 MEPC 65 (13 to 17 May 2013) approved BWM.2/Circ.42 on Guidance on ballast water sampling and analysis for trial use in accordance with the BWM Convention and Guidelines (G2), as agreed by BLG 17 (4 to 8 February 2013).

3 MEPC 66 (31 March to 4 April 2014) invited Member Governments and international organizations to submit further information and proposals related to ballast water sampling, analysis and contingency measures to the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR), with a view to further developing and improving the relevant guidance documents and guidelines.

4 MEPC 68 (11 to 15 May 2015) approved the revised Guidance on ballast water sampling and analysis for trial use in accordance with the BWM Convention and Guidelines (G2), as agreed by PPR 2 (19 to 23 January 2015).

5 MEPC 75 (16 to 20 November 2020) approved the 2020 Guidance on ballast water sampling and analysis for trial use in accordance with the BWM Convention and Guidelines (G2), as agreed by PPR 7 (17 to 21 February 2020), set out at annex.

6 Member Governments are invited to bring the annexed Guidance to the attention of all parties concerned.

7 This circular revokes BWM.2/Circ.42/Rev.1.

Parent topic: BWM.2/Circular.42/Rev.2 – International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 – (9 December 2020) 2020 Guidance on Ballast Water Sampling and Analysis for Trial Use in Accordance with the BWM Convention and Guidelines (G2)
Copyright 2022 Clasifications Register Group Limited, International Maritime Organization, International Labour Organization or Maritime and Coastguard Agency. All rights reserved. Clasifications Register Group Limited, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as 'Clasifications Register'. Clasifications Register assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant Clasifications Register entity for the provision of this information or advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.