
Ship&Offshore | Issue 10/2024
Preparing vessels for the next chapter in BWMS
EBP The impending end of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Experience Building Phase (EBP) for ballast water management systems (BWMS) presents a significant turning point for shipowners and operators. Concurrently, the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention’s D-2 standards, which entered force on September 8th 2024, introduces stringent discharge requirements for ballast water, writes Andrew Marshall, CEO of US-based Ecochlor.