RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment
Protection Committee conferred upon it by the international conventions
for the prevention and control of marine pollution,
RECALLING ALSO the adoption by the International Conference
on Ballast Water Management for Ships, held at the Organization's
Headquarters in 2004, of the International Convention for the Control
and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (hereinafter
"the BWM Convention"),
RECALLING FURTHER that, on entry into force, the BWM Convention
will require ships to install ballast water management systems, which
meet the D-2 standard stipulated therein,
NOTING that the Assembly, at its twenty-fifth session in
November 2007, adopted resolution A.1005(25) on
the "Application of the International Convention for the Control and
Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004", which calls
on States that have not yet ratified the BWM Convention to do so as
soon as possible, and recommends that ships subject to regulation
B-3.3 constructed in 2009 should not be required to comply with regulation
D-2 until their second annual survey, but no later than 31 December
2011, if type-approved technology is not immediately available to
achieve the D-2 standard set forth in the BWM Convention,
NOTING ALSO that resolution
A.1005(25) requests the Committee to keep this resolution under
review and, in particular, to review the issue of a ship subject to
regulation B-3.3 constructed in 2010 and the immediate availability
of type-approved technology for such a ship to meet the D-2 standard,
NOTING FURTHER that at its fifty-ninth session the Committee
concluded that there are sufficient type-approved ballast water treatment
technologies available for ships subject to regulation B-3.3 constructed
in 2010 and that no changes to Assembly resolution
A.1005(25) are needed,
RECOGNIZING that while the requirements of regulation B-3.3
cannot be enforced before the entry into force of the BWM Convention,
it should be clearly understood that the ballast water management
systems installed on ships constructed in 2010 will have to meet these
requirements once the BWM Convention enters into force,
1. CALLS ON States which have not yet ratified,
accepted, approved or acceded to the BWM Convention to do so at their
earliest convenience;
2. INVITES Administrations to encourage the installation
of ballast water management systems on new ships in accordance with
the application dates contained in the BWM Convention; and
4. INVITES Member States to bring this resolution
to the attention of shipowners, shipbuilders, and manufacturers of
ballast water management systems, as well as any other parties concerned.