Shipping Australia has filed a submission with the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment in relation to its consultation on in-water hull cleaning standards.
The ocean shipping is a global industry and therefore needs standardised global regulations to operate.
Shipping Australia has urged the Federal Department of Agriculture, Water & the Environment to ensure that its standards on in-water cleaning align...
The Industry standard on in-water cleaning with capture has been submitted to support IMO’s work on the review of the Guidelines for the control and management of ships’ biofouling to minimize the transfer of invasive aquatic species, reports BIMCO.
BIMCO led an industry working group that has developed an industry standard on in-water cleaning with capture that was published in January 2021 [Shipping industry takes new step to protect marine environments]. The industry...
https://mfame.guru/industry-standard-on-in-water-cleaning-submitted-to-imo/
Cleaning a ship’s submerged parts from barnacles and other growths, while the ship is in the water, can transfer invasive species to local marine environments unless it is properly cleaned and the debris is captured.
To combat this problem, and to provide clarity and quality assurance to shipowners, ports and government authorities, BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have published the first industry standard on in-water cleaning of ships.
Here’s a report on that.
Protecting...https://mfame.guru/bimco-ics-release-new-biofouling-benchmarks/