Implementation Of New Ballast Water Standards

Shipping & Transport, Cyprus

The Department of Merchant Shipping recently issued a circular to owners, bareboat charterers, managers and representatives of ships flying the Cyprus flag informing them of proposed implementation arrangements for ballast water management systems under the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments 2004 (the BWM Convention), particularly regarding compliance with the D-2 standard, which covers approved ballast water treatment systems and specifies levels of viable organisms left in the water after treatment. The arrangements are expected to be formally approved by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organisation in April 2018.