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BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

Ballast Water Compliance:

More than a System, it is Knowledge

The soon to be enforced ballast water regulations are manageable – if you pay attention he rati? cation of the IMO Bal- not be prepared come September. There ballast water compliance. with each BWTS decision, that step has last Water Management Con- is a lot of uncertainty in the shipping in- The messy way the IMO and USGC been center stage for longer than any- vention date is fast approach- dustry in general, with 70% of the sur- ballast water regulations have limped thing should be on center stage. This

Ting, and according to a survey vey respondents aware that ballast water towards implementation has put major oversimpli? es that BW compliance is we conducted with more than 35 port regulations had been rati? ed, but 0% had stress and fatigue on the entire industry. merely the installation of a BWTS. This state control (PSC) personnel, many will a plan in place to address the duties of Because millions of dollars are spent necessary but massive change is disrup-

Port State Control inspection of BW records.

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