BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT

K.V.V.UNNI

IMPORTANT IMO RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTION A.868(20),DATED 27/11/97 RESOLUTION A.774(18) WAS MADE BY IMO.THIS RESOLUTION WAS BASED ON THE REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF MEPC AND WHO TO CONTROL DISCHARGE OF BALLAST WATER IN PORTS AND ESTUARIES WHICH HAS BEEN CAUSING TRANSFER OF HARMFUL MARINE ORGANISMS AND PATHOGENS CAUSING INJURY AND DAMAGE TO BIO-DIVERSITY . EXISTING MEPC CIRC.288 WAS NOT PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND REGULATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL IMPLIMENTATION HENCE THIS RESOLUTION WAS ISSUED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF MEPC/CIRC.329 AND MSC/CIRC 805, DATED 30/6/97 . THIS RESOLUTION GIVES A COMPREHENSIVE CONTROL OVER BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT, MANDATORY BY 2000, AND FORMS A NEW ANNEX TO MARPOL 73/78. IT CONTAINS 12 CHAPTERS AND 2 APPENDICES.