(b) record and maintain
aboard the ship for a minimum
period of six months]
information on ballast water
management actions and
make that information readily
available to port state
authorities upon request. A suitable
format with
instructions is shown in Appendix
3.
Regulation 7.2
2 Port States shall:
(a)
make
arrangements to ensure
that ships may obtain
the information regarding
ballast water
management requirements,
procedures and
facilities listed in
Appendix 1, Part B,
Sections 3 and 4; 25
(b)
assist ships in
applying the precautionary
practices
described in Appendix
1, Part A, Section 2.
inform local agents and/or
the ship in a
timely manner of areas
and situations where
the loading of ballast
water should be
minimized, including
the situations listed in
Part B, Section 4 of
Appendix 1; and
(c)
inform ships
of alternative action
and appropriate control
measures without undue
delay in instances in
which a ship reports
that it cannot undertake
any of the Ballast Management
Options listed
in Appendix 1, Part A
(d)
notify the
Organization for dissemination
to the Member
States whether it wants
ships to inform it,
pursuant to Regulation
7(1)(b).
25 Normally such information is available
to
shipping agents and ships would obtain
the information from
them. In the absence of an Agent then
information would be
obtained from the Port Authority when
the ship makes
arrangements for its arrival. It is neither
necessary nor
practicable to add a third tier of communications
to provide
ships with this information, and quite
impossible to do so
without initial contact from the ship
