Question
Have you disseminated the Guidelines, or communications
based on the Guidelines, to relevant parties including: shipowners and
operators and shipping agents; maintenance/recycling facility owners and
operators; in-water inspection and cleaning service providers; ship
designers, naval architects and builders; anti-fouling coating companies;
Harbour Masters; and organizations involved in maritime/seafarer education
and training?
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Audience
Member States
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Response (additional comment/explanation)
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Question
Are you aware of the Guidelines?
Is the
information in the Guidelines clear?
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Audience
Shipowners and operators and shipping agents; maintenance/
recycling facility owners and operators; in-water inspection and cleaning
service providers; ship designers, naval architects and builders;
anti-fouling coating companies; Harbour Masters; organizations involved in
maritime/seafarer education and training; recognized organizations.
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Response (if not clear, please provide details)
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Question
Are you aware of any information being included in relevant
educational programmes?
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Audience
Member States.
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Response (if yes, please provide details)
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Question
Have you developed biofouling management measures in
addition to the Guidelines, e.g. national regulations? Are these measures
based on the Guidelines? Has this additional information been provided to
IMO?
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Audience
Member States.
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Response (please provide details)
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Question
Are there any feasibility issues, omissions or errors that
have meant that the Guidelines are difficult to implement?
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Audience
Shipowners and operators; maintenance/recycling facilities;
in-water inspection and cleaning providers; ship designers, naval architects
and builders; recognized organizations.
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Response (if yes, please provide details)
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Question
Are facilities and/or tools available to support the
implementation of the Guidelines?
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Audience
Shipowners and operators; maintenance/recycling facilities;
in-water inspection and cleaning providers; and ship designers, naval
architects and builders; recognized organizations.
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Response (please provide details)
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Question
Have any safety issues been identified in implementing the
Guidelines?
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Audience
Ship's crew; maintenance and recycling workers; in-water
service providers; and any other entities directly applying the Guidelines.
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Response (if no, please provide details)
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Question
Are ships developing biofouling management plans and
maintaining their biofouling record books?
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Audience
Member States; Shipowners and operators.
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Response (please provide details)
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Question
Are you undertaking in-water inspections and in-water
cleaning?
Are these activities in line with the Guidelines?
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Audience
Shipowners and operators and shipping agents; maintenance/
recycling facility owners and operators; and in-water inspection and
cleaning service providers.
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Response (please provide details)
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Question
Does your facility capture hull cleaning waste to minimize
the risk of it entering the water?
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Audience
Maintenance/recycling facility owners and operators.
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Response (please provide details)
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Question
Do your practices follow, or align with, the Guidelines?
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Audience
Shipowners and operators and shipping agents; maintenance/
recycling facility owners and operators; in-water inspection and cleaning
providers; ship designers, naval architects and builders anti-fouling
coating companies; and organizations involved in maritime/seafarer education
and training.
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Response (please provide details)
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Question
Is your in-water cleaning technology able to capture most of
the macrofouling debris from in-water cleaning?
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Audience
In-water inspection and cleaning providers.
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Response (please provide details)
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Question
Are the submerged hull surfaces of ships as free of
biofouling as is feasible?
Have you seen a decrease over
time in the amount of biofouling on submerged hull surfaces?
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Audience
Member States; maintenance/ recycling facility owners and
operators; anti-fouling coating companies.
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Response (please provide details)
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Question
Are the niche areas and internal seawater cooling systems of
ships as free of biofouling as is feasible?
Have you seen a
decrease over time in the amount of biofouling in niche areas and internal
seawater cooling systems of ships?
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Audience
Member States; maintenance/ recycling facility owners and
operators; anti-fouling coating companies.
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Response (please provide details)
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Question
Have you collected information about the effectiveness of
specific measures in the Guidelines through dry dock inspections of ships?
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Audience
Member States; shipowners and operators; and maintenance/
recycling facility owners and operators.
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Response (please provide details)
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Question
Do you have any information on the direct or indirect
benefits associated with implementing with the Guidelines, e.g. reduced fuel
consumption as a % of total operating costs?
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Audience
Shipowners and operators.
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Response (if yes, please provide details)
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Question
Do you have any information on the additional costs
associated with implementing the Guidelines?
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Audience
Member States; and shipowners and operators.
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Response (if yes, please provide details)
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Question
Are you aware of any research and/or development of
technologies to improve biofouling management?
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Audience
Member States; organizations involved in maritime/seafarer
education and training; and research organizations.
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Response (if yes, please provide details)
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Question
Are you aware of any research into indirect or consequential
benefits of implementing the Guidelines?
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Audience
Member States; organizations involved in maritime/seafarer
education and training; and research organizations.
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Response (if yes, please provide details)
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