Commissioning test to verify the proper operation of equipment shall be carried out at the installation of any Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) in accordance with paragraph 8 of the Guidelines for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (G8) or Code for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS Code). MEPC 74 (May 2019) has approved a draft amendment to the Ballast Water Management Convention to conduct commissioning test so as to demonstrate through representative sampling and indicative analysis that a BWMS is working properly, and this amendment is expected to be adopted at MEPC 75 (April 2020).
In this regard, ClassNK Technical Information No.TEC-1193 related to the instruction of early implementation to conduct sampling analysis by Singaporean administration has been issued (dated 23 October 2019).
Instructions for early implementation have issued recently by Australian, Cyprus, Panamanian administrations as similar to Singaporean administration.
The information of these instructions is posted on our "Ballast Water Management Convention" website.

Also, if a new instruction is received by any administrations in the future, the information will be provided by updating this website.

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Machinery Department, Administration Center Annex, Head Office
Address: 3-3 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0094, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2022 / 2023
Fax: +81-3-5226-2024
E-mail: mcd@classnk.or.jp