Regulation D-1 - Ballast Water Exchange Standard
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Regulation D-1 - Ballast Water Exchange Standard

  1 Ships performing Ballast Water exchange in accordance with this regulation shall do so with an efficiency of at least 95 percent volumetric exchange of Ballast Water.

  2 For ships exchanging Ballast Water by the pumping-through method, pumping through three times the volume of each Ballast Water tank shall be considered to meet the standard described in paragraph 1. Pumping through less than three times the volume may be accepted provided the ship can demonstrate that at least 95 percent volumetric exchange is met.

Parent topic: Section D - Standards for Ballast Water Management
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