Download the Paris MOU BWM CIC Checklist
Regulation B-1 of the 2004 Ballast Water Management Convention requires each ship to have on board a ballast water management plan which shall be specific to each ship. Too many ships take “specific to each ship” to mean that the ship’s name is written on the title page. No wonder so many ships have problems with ballast water treatment…
The Ballast Water Management Plan (BWMP) should be much more than a regulatory paperweight that meets the check-box requirements on the PSC inspectors sheet. The BWMP should have specific operating instructions for the system fitted to the ship. It should contain information on contingency measures, system design limitations, and it should have mitigation measures and notification protocols for cases where a system must be bypassed and the ship needs to return to compliance with the
D-2 standard.
And now, it is no longer good enough to say you are in challenging water. Now you need to have a special section in your Ballast Water Management Plan addressing the contingency measures you will employ on your vessel when you encounter challenging water quality. But who can help you put those contingency measures together? Check out our template, free to download, to see what you need to know.
Let Simplify Ballast help transform your BWMPs into the type of document that the IMO envisioned so that your crews have the guidance that they need to operate safely and your ships have approved contingency measures and mitigation steps for those times when your BWMS does not function as expected.
Fill out the form to contact us today to start making your BWMP a valuable part of your ballast water treatment program or you can request our free template if you want to get started yourself!
