Amendments to the IMO’s ballast convention covering the phase in of the switch from D1 to D2 treatment standards entered into force on 13 October 2019, writes Malcolm Latarche in his article published in the Ship Insight.
What’s in it?The BWM Convention itself entered into force in 2017. The amendments formalise an implementation schedule to ensure ships manage their ballast water to meet the D2 standard aimed at ensuring that viable organisms are not released into new sea areas, and make...
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