CLASS NEWS 16/2020

Approval of Service Suppliers for Commissioning

Testing of Ballast Water Management Systems.

16 September 2020

Applicability: service suppliers, shipyards and BWMS Where the vessel’s Flag Administration has mandated the
manufacturers. application of BWM.2/Circ.70/Rev.1 after it is adopted at MEPC
75, it is anticipated that Lloyd’s Register will only accept
Proposed amendments by the International Maritime commissioning testing of BWMS done by an approved service
Organisation (IMO) to its Ballast Water Management (BWM) supplier.
Convention regulation E-1 are expected to come into force in
October 2021. These amendments mandate the commissioning All companies wishing to become recognised by Lloyd’s Register,
testing of ballast water management systems (BWMS) during as service suppliers providing BWMS commissioning testing, are
installation surveys. encouraged to apply for approval, and should contact their local
Lloyd’s Register office.
Drafted at the IMO’s MEPC 74 meeting, the amendments (at time
of writing) are expected to be adopted at MEPC 75 in November
2020. For further information:

Flag Administrations are likely to be encouraged to enforce early Contact your local Lloyd’s Register office or
implementation. Some already mandate commissioning testing, statutorysupport@lr.org
such as Australia, Cyprus, Panama and Singapore.
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Ahead of these changes to the regulatory framework, Lloyd’s

Register has included a new category, Commissioning Testing of
Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS), into its ‘Procedures
for Approval of Service Suppliers’.

Lloyd’s Register Class News Approval of Service Suppliers for Commissioning Testing of Ballast Water Management Systems
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