The Marine Environment Protection Committee (hereinafter referred to as “MEPC”) approved a unified interpretation to the Appendix I to the BWM Convention (Form of International Ballast Water Management Certificate) concerning the principal ballast water management method(s) employed on the ship, the text of which is set out in the BWM.2/Circ.66/Rev.3 at its seventy-eighth session (6 to 10 June 2022).

The updated consolidated text of all existing unified interpretations to the BWM Convention, including those set out in BWM.2/Circ.66/Rev.2, is set out in the BWM.2/Circ.66/Rev.3.

All stakeholders, who include shipowners, operators and surveyors, should note the below specific interpretation and pay attention to address the Form of International Ballast Water Management Certificate.