BALLAST WATER CONVENTION Status

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BALLAST WATER CONVENTIONStatus consequences

• Terje C. Gløersen
• Director
• Norwegian Shipowners Association
• Scanvi Interyards Compact-Seminar
• Oslo, 1 February 2007

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TOPICS

• Background
• Summary of key requirements
• Development of guidelines
• Review of BWT technologies
• National and regional developments
• Research and development
• Recommendations

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BACKGROUND

• Introduction of alien aquatic organisms has
  caused great problems in several regions
• Many countries have already introduced
  restrictions to discharging ballast water
• Many more countries are considering introducing
  protective measures
• IMO has been charged to address the
  problem.First step was adoption of voluntary
  guidelines in 1997
• Both the environment and the shipping industry
  are best served with common international
  requirements, rather than a range of differing
  national and regional requirements
• Therefore IMO has continued to develop a binding
  international instrument to regulate the BW issue

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BALLAST WATER CONVENTION

• International Convention for the Control and
  Management of Ships Ballast Water and Sediments
• was adopted at an international
  DiplomaticConference at IMO on 13 February 2004
• ref. IMO Publication I620M

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APPLICATION - ART. 3

• All ships in international trade carrying BW.
• Ships operating only within the waters of the
  jurisdiction of a Party that determines that the
  discharge of BW would be harmful for that Party
  or for adjacent or other States.
  
• The Convention does not apply to stationary
  ships/units such as floating platforms, Floating
  Storage Units and Floating Production, Storage
  and Offloading Units.

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ENTRY INTO FORCE - ART. 18

• 12 months after 30 countries representing at
  least 35 of the worlds merchant fleet have
  ratified.The target date is within end of 2008
  in order to become effective for the first
  category of new ships constructed after 1 January
  2009 - provided type approved BWT systems in
  compliance with the treatment standard are
  available well ahead of that date (ref. Reg.
  D-5). Otherwise the effective date for the BWT
  requirement or the treatment standard itself will
  be changed. (also subject to ratification)

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REGULATIONS IN ANNEX

• To make it easier and faster to amend them by the
  tacit amendment procedure.
• Five sectionsA - General provisionsB -
  Management and Control RequirementsC - Special
  requirements in Certain AreasD - Standards for
  Ballast Water ManagementE - Survey and
  Certification Requirements

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BW MANAGEMENT PLAN - Reg. B-1

• From the entry into force of the Convention all
  ships shall have onboard a BWM Plan approved by
  the Administration.
• Guidelines for preparing such plans have been
  adopted by IMO. It is also expected that the
  Model BWM Plan issued by ICS INTERTANKO to meet
  the recommendations of Assembly Resolution
  A.868(20) from 1997 will be updated as required
  to meet the new requirements and guideline.

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BW RECORD BOOK - Reg. B-2

• From the entry into force of the Convention all
  ships shall have onboard a BW record book
  containing as a minimum, the information
  specified in appendix II to the Convention.It
  is expected that a new form will be included in
  an updated Model BWM Plan to be issued by ICS
  INTERTANKO.

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BW MANAGEMENT - Reg. B-3Application based on
construction dates andBallast Water Capacity in
m3
2014
D-1 (BWE)
D-2 (BWT)
1500lt BWC lt5000
2016
BWClt 1500 or gt5000
D-2 (BWT)
D-1 (BWE)
D-2 (BWT)
New BWC lt 5000
D-1 BW exchange standard according to
Reg. D-1
D-2 (BWT)
New BWC gt 5000
D-1 (BWE)
D-2 BW treatment standard according to
Reg. D-2
New BWC gt 5000
D-2 (BWT)
2016
2009
2014
2010
2011
2013
2015
2012
Not later than the first intermediate or
renewal survey after the anniversary date of
delivery of the ship in the year of compliance
with the standard applicable to the ship
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BW EXCHANGE - Reg. B-4

• BWE only to be done if safe and in accepted BWE
  areas in this order of preference1. Outside 200
  nm in water depths gt 200 m2. Outside 50 nm in
  water depths gt 200 m3. If possible, other areas
  designated by the Port State
• A ship is not required to deviate from its
  intended voyage or to delay the voyage in order
  to comply with option 1 or 2.
• Situation 3 to be clarified by the relevant Port
  State, preferably by publishing their
  guidelines/requirements well ahead of entry into
  force of the Convention.

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ADDITIONAL MEASURES - Reg. C-1

• A Party may introduce additional or more
  stringent measures taking into account guidelines
  to be developed by IMO.

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BWE STANDARD - Reg. D-1

• Ships performing BWE in accordance with this
  standard shall do so with an efficiency of at
  least 5 volumetric exchange.
• For ships using the pumping-through method,
  pumping through 3 times the volume of each tank
  shall be considered to meet this standard. A
  reduced volume could be accepted provide properly
  documented, but this could be difficult and
  costly to prove.

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BWT STANDARD - Reg. D-2

• The discharged BW shall meet the following
  specificationlt 10 viable organisms per m3 gt
  50 µm in min. dim.lt 10 viable organisms per ml
  lt 50 µm but gt 10 µm The number of indicator
  microbes to be less than specified limits based
  on human health standard.

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PROTOTYPE BWT SYSTEMS - Reg. D-4

• Ships participating in a programme approved by
  the Administration to test and evaluate promising
  BWT technologies to comply with D-2, will not be
  required to comply with the requirement until 5
  years after the requirement would apply to that
  ship.

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REVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY - Reg. D-5

• Not later than three years before the earliest
  effective date of the D-2 standard (1 January
  2009), MEPC shall undertake a review to determine
  whether appropriate technologies are available to
  achieve the standard.Otherwise the effective
  date for the BWT requirement or the treatment
  standard itself should be changed (most probably
  only the date).PS The first review was
  undertaken at MEPC 53 in July 2005, the second at
  MEPC 55 in October 2006.

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SURVEY AND CERTIFICATION - E

• All ships of 400 gross tonnes and above shall be
  subject to an initial survey to verify compliance
  with the Convention as a basis for issuing an
  International Ballast Water Management
  Certificate (IBWMC) with a validity of up to 5
  years. This will be subject to annual and
  intermediate surveys.

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BALLAST WATER GUIDELINES
Guidelines in bold letters were completed at MEPC
53 , 54 and 55. Remaining to be completed at
MEPC 56 in July 2007. All Guidelines are
available from web-site of ICS at
www.marisec.org/icsorange
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OUTCOME OF FIRST REVIEW

• In accordance with Reg. D-5, the first review was
  undertaken at MEPC 53 in July 2005, giving the
  following conclusions
• 1. Not possible to conclude that any BWT
  system would comply with the D-2 standard,
  inter alia because the guidelines for type
  approval just had been adopted2. Several BWT
  systems had the potential to comply with the
  D-2 standard and such (type approved) systems
  could be available by October 2006
• On this basis it was decided to carry out a
  new review at MEPC 55 in October 2006

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OUTCOME OF SECOND REVIEW

• The second review carried out at MEPC 55 in
  October 2006 had the following conclusions
• 1. Type approved BWT systems according to D-2
  will probably be available for installation
  prior to the first application date of the
  Convention2. However, the installation of type
  approved BWT systems on ships already
  contracted to be constructed in or after 2009
  may not be feasible or only possible at
  excessive cost and/or delayed delivery.
• Due to the uncertainties with respect to
  availability, it was decided to carry out a new
  review at MEPC 56 in July 2007.

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BW TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES REVIEWED AT MEPC 55
(1/2)

• Hydrodynamic Cavitation (Cavitation) India
• JFE (Filtration oxidation cavitation) Japan
• Special Pipe (Filtration disinfection/ozone) Ja
  pan
• Hybrid BWTS (Filtration electrolytic
  chlorination) Japan
• Hitachi (Flocculation magnetic removal
  filtr.) Japan
• ELGA et.al. (Filtration advanced
  electrolysis) Germany
• SEDNA (two step separation oxidizing) Germany
• Jos L. Meyer (Filtration disinfection) Germany

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BW TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES REVIEWED AT MEPC 55
(1/2)

• Withdrawn
• ATG Willard (Separator UV treatment) Germany
• Electro-Clean (Electrochemical disinfection) UK
• Nk03 (Ozone) Korea
• Oceansaver (Filtration cavitation N
  supersat) Norway
• Optimar (Separation/filtration UV
  irradiation) Norway
• Pure Ballast (Filtration advanced oxid.
  tech.) Sweden

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STATUS OF RATIFICATION

• As of 31 December 2006, 6 countries representing
  0,62 of the world merchant fleet have ratified
  the BWM Convention. These countries are
• Maldives Spain
• Nigeria Syrian Arab Republic
• Saint Kitts and Nevis Tuvalu
• Norway is in the process of ratifying the
  Convention

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NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PLANS

• There are signals that both the US and the EU may
  introduce national/regional requirements before
  the Convention will enter into force.
• Norway has started preparing a draft regulation
  implementing part of the convention with respect
  to BW exchange, prior to the entry into force of
  the convention. If adopted, it will probably be
  aligned with possible EU-regulations.
• We expect that such regional and national
  requirements will be formulated as port state
  requirements, rather than flag state requirements.

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

• Great technological challenge need for compact
  and high-capacity shipboard installations meeting
  a demanding standard
• Enormous potential for manufacturers to be
  installed on all ships in international trade
  within 3.5 years after 1 January 2016
• NSA has supported prototype testing of BWT
  systems onboard ships
• NSA urges shipping companies to participate in
  shipboard testing of BWT systems (will get 5
  years grace according to Reg. D-4)

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GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CURRENT NEWBUILDINGS

• Minimise use of ballast water
• Design for efficient flushing
• Minimise uptake of sediments
• Facilitate removal of sediments
• Prepare for delivery of BW to shore facilities
• Prepare space etc. for later installation of BW
  treatments systems

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SPECIAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NBwith BWC lt 5000 m3
constructed on or after 1 Jan. 2009 but before 1
Jan. 2012 (first category)

• If contracted after MEPC 56 in July 2007,
  consider outcome of that meeting.
• If contract has to be signed prior to MEPC 56,
  choose one of the following options- include an
  approved BWT system if any- include an option to
  install a BWT system based on the latest
  available information re size etc.- increase the
  BW capacity above 5000 m3 to delay
  installation of BWT system to 2016

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Be prepared - be proactiveThank you for your
attention

• for more information
• terje.gloersen_at_rederi.no