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En

v

iron

m

ental Mana

g

e

m

ent

BOS-

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RD-0

3

0

3

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A

s

part

o

f

t

h

e

vo

y

age

p

l

ann

i

ng

i

t

shall

be

estab

li

s

h

ed

i

f

an

y

nat

i

ona

l

or

l

o

c

a

l q

u

arant

i

ne

re

q

u

i

rements

f

or

ba

ll

ast

w

ater management

app

l

y

.

T

h

e

q

u

arant

i

ne o

ff

ic

e

f

or

t

h

e arr

i

v

i

ng port

shall

de

ci

de

t

h

e need

f

or

ba

ll

ast

w

ater

e

xc

h

ange

.

4.6.1 Uptake of water ballast in harbour

B

e

f

ore

t

h

e

u

pta

k

e

o

f

w

ater

ba

ll

ast

i

n

h

arbo

u

r

, i

n

f

ormat

i

on

on

w

ater

c

ond

i

t

i

ons

shall

be

obta

i

ned

f

rom

l

o

c

a

l

port o

ff

ici

a

l

s

.

T

h

e

r

i

s

k

o

f

spread

i

ng

h

arm

fu

l

organ

i

sms

c

an

be

red

u

c

ed

b

y

avo

i

d

i

ng

u

pta

k

e

o

f

w

ater

ba

ll

ast

(

wh

enever

poss

i

b

l

e

) i

n areas

and

s

i

t

u

at

i

ons

s

u

c

h

as

t

h

e

f

o

ll

o

w

i

ng

:

x

V

er

y

s

h

a

ll

o

w w

ater

;

x

A

reas

wh

ere

to

xic

a

l

ga

l

b

l

ooms

are o

cc

u

rr

i

ng

;

x

T

h

e

w

ater

i

s

st

i

rred

u

p

b

y

prope

ll

ers

,

dredg

i

ng

or

nat

u

ra

l c

ond

i

t

i

ons

;

x

Cl

ose

to

se

w

age

o

u

t

l

ets

;

x

T

h

ere

i

s

a

k

no

w

n o

u

tbrea

k

o

f

c

h

o

l

era

;

x

I

n dar

k

ness

,

wh

en

bottom

d

w

e

lli

ng

organ

i

sms

r

i

se

u

p

i

n

t

h

e

w

ater

.

4.6.2 Removing ballast sediment

R

o

u

t

i

ne

cl

ean

i

ng

o

f

t

h

e

ba

ll

ast

tan

k

s

to

remove

sed

i

ments

shall

be

c

arr

i

ed

o

u

t

i

n

str

ic

t

c

omp

li

an

c

e

w

i

t

h

t

h

e

app

lic

ab

l

e

JSA

i

n

port

or

dr

y

do

ck.

R

e

c

ords

shall

be ma

i

nta

i

ned o

f

a

ll

tan

k cl

ean

i

ng a

c

t

i

v

i

t

i

es

.

4.6.3 Exchange of ballast water in open seas

I

M

O

/

M

A

R

P

OL

re

q

u

i

rements

f

or

ba

ll

ast

w

ater

e

xc

h

ange

are

t

h

at at

l

east

9

5

%

o

f

t

h

e

ba

ll

ast

w

ater

vo

l

u

me

shall

be

/

or p

u

mp

i

ng

t

h

ro

u

g

h

t

h

ree

t

i

mes

t

h

e

vo

l

u

me o

f

ea

c

h

ba

ll

ast

w

ater

tan

k.

E

xc

h

ange

o

f

ba

ll

ast

w

ater

shall

never

t

h

reaten

t

h

e

stab

ili

t

y

or

an

y

ot

h

er

sa

f

et

y

c

ons

i

derat

i

on

o

f

t

h

e

vesse

l

and

an

y

e

xc

h

ange

o

f

ba

ll

ast

w

ater

shall

be approved

b

y

t

h

e

Ma

s

ter

.

A

Ballast Water Record Book shall

be

k

ept

u

pdated

f

or

i

nter

c

ont

i

nenta

l

vo

y

ages

wh

ere

l

o

c

a

l

ba

ll

ast

w

ater

re

q

u

i

rements ma

y

e

xi

st

.

I

f

e

xc

h

ange

o

f

ba

ll

ast

w

ater

i

n

open

seas

i

s

ne

c

essar

y

, i

t

shall

on

l

y

be

per

f

ormed

i

n areas

wh

ere e

xc

h

ange

i

s

perm

i

tted

. T

h

e

f

o

ll

o

w

i

ng

i

n

f

ormat

i

on

shall

be

i

n

cl

u

ded

i

n

t

h

e

passage p

l

an

:

x

Ti

me needed

to

c

omp

l

ete

t

h

e e

xc

h

ange

;

x

D

eep

w

aters

>

2

00

m

(

some port

states

re

q

u

i

re more

t

h

an

2

000

m

dept

h

);

x

A

s

f

ar

as

poss

i

b

l

e

f

rom

s

h

ore

(i

n

cl

u

d

i

ng

i

s

l

ands

) >

2

00

nm

;

x

F

avo

u

rab

l

e

w

eat

h

er

stat

i

st

ic

s

/w

eat

h

er

f

ore

c

ast

;

x

A

n

y

add

i

t

i

ona

l l

o

c

a

l

re

q

u

i

rements

.

4.

7 S

e

w

a

g

e treat

m

ent an

d d

i

sc

h

ar

g

e

T

h

e

se

w

age

c

orresponds

to

t

h

e

f

o

ll

o

w

i

ng

w

aste

w

aters

:

x

T

h

e dra

i

nage

and

ot

h

er

w

astes

f

rom

an

y

f

orm

o

f

to

il

ets

and

u

r

i

na

l

s

;

x

T

h

e

dra

i

nage

f

rom

med

ic

a

l

prem

i

ses

(

d

i

spensar

y

,

s

ick

ba

y

,

et

c.)

v

i

a

w

as

h

bas

i

ns

,

w

as

h

t

u

bs

and

s

c

u

ppers

l

o

c

ated

i

n

s

u

c

h

prem

i

ses

;

x

T

h

e ot

h

er

w

aste

w

aters

wh

en m

ix

ed

w

i

t

h

t

h

e

dra

i

nages

de

f

i

ned

above

.

V

ers

i

on

0

5

. O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date

:

25

/

0

5

/

2

01

2

.

V

ers

i

on date

:

3

1

/

1

2

/

2

01

5

.

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vers

i

on

on

l

y

on

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n

c

ontro

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ed do

c

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ment

wh

en

pr

i

nted

.

P

ro

c

ed

u

re prepared b

y:

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b

y:

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