Appendix - Application to Port State
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Appendix - Application to Port State

 An application for exemption to the port State should as a minimum contain information on the points listed below.

1 GENERAL INFORMATION

  • .1 period for which an application is sought; from month and year to month and year; and

  • .2 why an exemption under regulation A-4 is sought.

2 SHIP'S INFORMATION

  • .1 ship name;

  • .2 IMO number;

  • .3 port of registry;

  • .4 gross tonnage;

  • .5 owner;

  • .6 call sign;

  • .7 ballast water management option usually undertaken by ship, including ballast water treatment technology, if installed;

  • .8 a copy of the ship's Ballast Water Management Plan ; and

  • .9 the Administration may also require ballast water and sediment management history for a determined period.

3 ROUTE INFORMATION

  • .1 route of application, given as donor port(s) and recipient port for ballast water discharge;

  • .2 if single voyage: date and time of departure and arrival;

  • .3 if multiple voyages: voyage frequency, regularity and estimated amount of ballast water discharged during the exemption period, estimated time and dates for departures and arrivals;

  • .4 any voyages the ship plans to take to ports other than the specified ports during the duration of the exemption; and

  • .5 if multiple voyages, the estimated total number of voyages and the amount of ballast water discharged under the duration of the exemption.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.289(71) - 2017 Guidelines for Risk Assessment Under Regulation A-4 Of The BWM Convention (G7) - (adopted on 7 July 2017)
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