Content of Ballast Water Management Plan

Content of Ballast Water Management Plan

1.Ship’s Particulars 

1. Ship’s Data 
2. Main Dimensions 
3.  Ballast Water Capacity 
4. Tonnage Measurement 

2. Purpose of the Ballast Water Management Plan 

1.  Introduction 
2.  Why Ballast Water Management 
3.  Requirements 
4. Usage of the Ballast Water Management Plan 

3. Officer and Crew 

1.  Designated Ballast Water Management Officer 
2. Duties for the appointed Ballast Water Management Officer 
3.  Officer and Crew Training
4. Recording Requirements 

4. Ballast Water Arrangements

1. Tank Arrangements 
2.  Tank Capacities 
3.  Piping and Pumping Arrangements 
4.  Sampling Points 
5. Manholes 
6. Air Ventilations 

5. Procedures and Operation of the Ballast Water Management Systems 

1. Operation and Planning of Ballast Water Management 
2. Additional Measures and Designated Areas 
3. Precautionary Practices 
4. Methods of Ballast Water Exchange:  Sequential Method,  Flow-through Method,  Dilution Method.
5. Retention on Board 
6. Treatment methods (not applicable to this vessel) 
7. Sediment Management 

6. Safety Considerations 

1. Conditions in which Ballast Water Exchange at Sea is not to be undertaken 
2. Safety Considerations for the Sequential Method 

7. Limitations 

1. Stability Limitations (GM / KG limit Curve) 
2. Permissible Still Water Shear Forces and Bending Moments and Torsional Moments 
3. Forward Draft / Bottom Slamming 
4. Aft draft / Propeller Immersion 
5. Visibility 

8. Ballast Water Reporting Form and Handling Log 

9. Port State Control Requirements 

10. Biofouling Management 

ANNEXS:

• Ballast Water Reporting Form 
•  Ballast Water Handling Log 
•  Ballast Water Exchange Sequence 
•  NATIONAL PORT STATE REQUIREMENTS 
• IMO Assembly Resolution A. 868 (20) 
• IMP MEPC Res. 124(53) – Guidelines for Ballast Water Exchange  
•  IMO MEPC Res. 127(53) – Guidelines for Ballast Water Management

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