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Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement of the Ballast Water Management Convention: The Port State Control Perspective

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Global Maritime Transport and Ballast Water Management

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Abstract

One of the very critical aspects for an effective implementation of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention is the compliance monitoring and enforcement (CME) process. The BWM Convention provides basic requirements regarding inspections and consequences, while this process is further supported by IMO Port State Control (PSC) Guidelines and IMO G2 Guidelines on ballast water sampling (BWS). As the G2 Guidelines were recognized to lack details, further Guidance for BWS was prepared. Regional approaches under memoranda for PSC also started to develop. The latest research shows that there are still uncertainties, issues and unconformities that could penalize international shipping and on the other side it may weaken the BWM Convention implementation. CME under the BWM Convention was also recognized to be rather specific, introducing different principles and approaches than other IMO Conventions, which makes it even more challenging for PSC officers. In this chapter, we introduce the main aspects and specifics of CME of the BWM Convention, discuss related implementation issues and recommend the way forward.

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    As the oldest MoU, established in 1982.

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    Or other duly Authorized Officers.

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    https:serviceportal.hamburg.de/HamburgGateway/Service/Entry/BallastWaE. Last assessed 31.01.2023.

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  1. Dr. Matej David Consult, Korte, Izola, Slovenia

    Matej David

  2. Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

    Matej David

  3. former Chairman of the IMO Ballast Water Working Group and former Transport Canada, Sarnia, ON, Canada

    Chris Wiley

  4. Marine Survey Office, Dublin, Ireland

    Michael Kennedy

  5. Gollasch Consulting (GoConsult), Hamburg, Germany

    Stephan Gollasch

  6. Water Police Department 32, Maritime Environmental Affairs, Hamburg, Germany

    Oliver Jost

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David, M., Wiley, C., Kennedy, M., Gollasch, S., Jost, O. (2024). Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement of the Ballast Water Management Convention: The Port State Control Perspective. In: David, M., Gollasch, S. (eds) Global Maritime Transport and Ballast Water Management. Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48193-2_5

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