2 Recording Procedures
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2 Recording Procedures

Parent topic: Part A - Guidelines for Ballast Water Management

2.1 Procedures for ships

  2.1.1 To facilitate the administration of ballast water management and treatment procedures on board each ship, a responsible officer is to be designated in accordance with Regulation B-1 to ensure the maintenance of appropriate records and to ensure that ballast water management and/or treatment procedures are followed and recorded.

  2.1.2 When carrying out any ballast water operation the details are to be recorded in the Ballast Water Record Book together with any exemptions granted in accordance with Regulation B-3 or C-1.

  2.1.3 Where a port State requires information on ships ballast operations, relevant documentation, which takes account of the information requirements of the Convention, should be made available to the port State.

2.2 Procedures for port States

  2.2.1 Port States should provide ships with details of their requirements concerning ballast water management including:

  • .1 the location and terms of use of areas designated for ballast water exchange under Regulation B-4.2 of the Convention;

  • .2 any additional measures determined under Regulation C-1 of the Convention;

  • .3 warnings concerning ballast uptake and any other port contingency arrangements in the event of emergency situations; and

  • .4 the availability, location, capacities of reception facilities that are provided for the environmentally safe disposal of ballast water and/or sediments, under Article 5 and Regulation B-3.6.

  2.2.2 To assist ships in applying the precautionary practices described in section 1.1 of Part A, port States are required by Regulation C-2 of the Convention to endeavour to notify mariners of area(s), where ships should not uptake Ballast Water due to known conditions. Similar notification should be given for areas where the uptake of ballast water should be minimized, such as:

  • .1 areas with outbreaks, infestations or known populations of harmful organisms and pathogens;

  • .2 areas with current phytoplankton blooms (algal blooms, such as red tides);

  • .3 nearby sewage outfalls;

  • .4 areas where a tidal stream is known to be the more turbid;

  • .5 areas where tidal flushing is known to be poor;

  • .6 nearby dredging operations; and

  • .7 nearby or in sensitive or estuarine sea areas.

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