With owners of existing tonnage required to retrofit a Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) at the next IOPP survey after 8 September to comply with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) convention, there are concerns in the industry over the equipment, the availability of drydock space to install it, and the implementation and enforcement of local requirements over and above those agreed in the convention.
However, in a video interview with Seatrade Maritime News, Castillero says that while there are some potential problems over the availability of drydocking space and the cost, his primary concern was the implementation and enforcement of the convention by Port State Control.
“There are IMO guidelines, but regionally shipowners will have to face different requirements… every PSC jurisdiction may have a different deviation of the IMO standards, and from the owners’ and flag State point of view, it’s difficult to deal with international standards, as well as different regional specific additional requirements,” he says.
Watch the video and hear more details about Castillero’s concerns over enforcement of the BWM Convention and what shipowners need to be aware of.
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