3 Crew training and familiarization
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3 Crew training and familiarization

  3.1 The ballast water management plan should include the nomination of key shipboard control personnel undertaking ballast water exchange at sea.

  3.2 Ships' officers and ratings engaged in ballast water exchange at sea should be trained and familiarized as follows:

  • .1 with the ship's pumping plan which should show ballast pumping arrangements, with positions of associated air and sounding pipes, positions of all compartment and tank suctions and pipelines connecting them to ship's ballast pumps and, in the case of use of the flow through method of ballast water exchange, the openings used for release of water from the top of the tank together with overboard discharge arrangements;

  • .2 with the method of ensuring that sounding pipes are clear, air pipes and their non-return devices are in good order;

  • .3 with the different times required to undertake the various ballast water exchange operations

  • .4 with the methods in use for ballast water exchange at sea if applicable with particular reference to required safety precautions and

  • .5 with the method of on-board ballast water record keeping, reporting and recording of routine soundings.

Parent topic: Annex - Guidance on Safety Aspects of Ballast Water Exchange at Sea
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