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Table 4.1 Original implementation dates for ballast water standards
Construction
date of ship
Ballast water
capacity (m 3 )
2005-
2008
2009-
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Before 2009
1,500-5,000
D1 or D2
D2
1,500-
>
D1 or D2
D2
<
5,000
In or after
2009
< 5,000
D2
Between
2009 and
2012
> 5,000
D1 or D2
D2
On or after
2012
D2
survey following the date of entry into force of the Convention. The renewal
survey, referred to above, is the renewal survey associated with the International
Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP) Certificate under MARPOL Annex I. However, the
BWM Convention refers to the BWM Convention survey that allows a much
narrower period of 1 year for implementation. The result of this rescheduling is
that all vessels constructed before the entry into force of the BWM Convention will
virtually be treated as existing ships. 52 This will allow those vessels to comply with
the D-2 requirements until the IOPP renewal survey. Depending on a vessel
sIOPP
renewal survey schedule, this will allow an additional 2-3 years before compliance
with D-2 is required. However, a ship will be required to comply with either
regulation D-1 or regulation D-2 until such time as regulation D-2 is enforced.
The rescheduling is the result of serious pressure from the shipping industry. The
organisations representing the shipping industry noted in MEPC 65, held in 2012,
that “the BWM Convention allows no phase-in period for ships constructed prior to
the entry into force of the Convention to comply with the provisions relating to
survey and certification for ships
'
It will therefore be required that all ships of
400 gross tonnage and above have on board an approved BWMP [Ballast Water
Management Plan] and be surveyed and certificated immediately on the entry into
force of the BWM Convention”. 53 The opinion of the shipping industry may have
some merits. Nevertheless, it is not an encouraging sign that not enough states have
ratified this Convention after 10 years, especially since the shipping industry also
...
52
INTERTANKO, INTERTANKO Welcomes IMO Assembly Resolution on Ballast Water Man-
agement, http://www.intertanko.com/News-Desk/Press-Releases/Year-2013/INTERTANKO-wel
comes-IMO-Assembly-Resolution-on-Ballast-Water-Management/ ,
last
accessed
on
10 February 2014.
53 Submission of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), International
Chamber of Shipping (ICS), International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners
(INTERCARGO), International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO),
International Parcel Tankers Association (IPTA), Oil Companies International Marine Forum
(OCIMF) and NACE International, IMO Doc. MEPC 63/2/20 (23 December 2011).
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