7 Procedures for Ships and Port States
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.868(20) – Guidelines for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water to Minimize the Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens – (Adopted on 27 November 1997) - Annex - Guidelines for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water to Minimize the Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens - 7 Procedures for Ships and Port States

7 Procedures for Ships and Port States

  7.1 Procedures for ships

  7.1.1 Every ship that carries ballast water should be provided with a ballast water management plan to assist in the minimization of transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens. The intent of the plan should be to provide safe and effective procedures for ballast water management.

  7.1.2 The ballast water management plan should be specific to each ship.

  7.1.3 The ballast water management plan should be included in the ship's operational documentation. Such a plan should address, inter alia:

  • relevant parts of these guidelines;
  • approval documentation relevant to treatment equipment;
  • an indication of records required; and
  • the location of possible sampling points.

  7.2 Procedures for port States

  7.2.1 Reception and treatment facilities should be made available for the environmentally safe disposal of ballast tank sediments.

  7.2.2 Discharge of ship's ballast water into port reception and/or treatment facilities may provide an acceptable means of control. Port State authorities wishing to utilize this strategy should ensure that the facilities are adequate.

Parent topic: Annex - Guidelines for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water to Minimize the Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens
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