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Part B - Ballast Management Plans
and Information
Section 1 - Operational Safety
Requirements
A. Training Information with
Respect to Ballast Water
Exchange at Sea:
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the ship's pumping plan, which should
show ballast pumping
arrangements, with
positions of associated
air and sounding
pipes,positions of all
compartment and tank
suctions and pipelines
connecting them to
ship's ballast pumps
and, in the case of use
of the flow through method
of ballast water
exchange, the openings
used for release of
water from the top of
the tank together with
overboard discharge arrangements; |
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the method of ensuring that sounding
pipes are clear, and
that air pipes and their
non-return devices are
in good order; |
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the different times required to undertake
the various ballast water
exchange
operations; |
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the methods in use for ballast water
exchange at sea if applicable
with particular
reference to required
safety precautions; and |
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the method of on-board ballast water
record keeping, reporting
and recording of
routine soundings. |
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D Other ballast
exchange options approved by
the port State. 39
E Other ballast treatment options as
approved under regulation 4(2).40
No proposed amendments
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