Ballast Water Management: Recent developments

During the 2020 SAFETY4SEA Limassol Forum, Capt. Georgios Stylianidis, Marine Surveyor A’, Flag State Directorate – Marine Environment Unit, Shipping Deputy Ministry, Republic of Cyprus referred to the challenges of ballast water management, including the implementation phase and the D-1, D-2 and D-3 Standards. He also presented main points of the experience gained on BWM, including lack of expertise by crew and additional delays followed by the COVID-19 outbreak. The event was organized by SAFETY4SEA having MacGregor and SQE Marine as lead sponsors. More sponsors of the event included the following organizations: The American P&I Club, American Hellenic Hull Insurance Company, Bureau Veritas, CR Ocean Engineering, Diaplous maritime services, ERMA First, Green Jakobsen, ib, LAROS by Prisma Electronics, MarineTraffic, OCEANKING, Palau International Ship Registry, RISK4SEA, SHIP MED CARE, The Swedish Club, Thomas Miller, TOTOTHEO MARITIME, UTECO, Wallem, and WORLDLINK Communications. Explore more at https://events.safety4sea.com/2020-sa...