Ballast Water Management Convention

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environmental treaty international treaty

The Ballast Water Management Convention is an international treaty that aims to prevent the spread of harmful aquatic organisms by regulating how ships manage and treat their ballast water.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ballast Water Management Convention canonical	2
International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	environmental treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	International Maritime Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptionDate	2004-02-13 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	prevent the spread of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens through ships’ ballast water and sediments ⓘ protect the marine environment ⓘ reduce the transfer of invasive aquatic species ⓘ
appliesTo	ballast water carried on board ships ⓘ ships engaged in international voyages ⓘ
basedOn	precautionary approach to environmental protection ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
encourages	research and development of new ballast water treatment technologies ⓘ
enforcedBy	port State control ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate	2017-09-08 ⓘ
establishes	D-1 ballast water exchange standard ⓘ D-2 ballast water performance standard ⓘ ballast water performance standards ⓘ
fullName	International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	binding on contracting States ⓘ
monitoredBy	flag States ⓘ
providesFor	development of technical guidelines by IMO ⓘ inspection of ballast water management certificates ⓘ sampling of ballast water by port State control officers ⓘ
regulates	discharge of ballast water ⓘ management of ships’ ballast water ⓘ treatment of ships’ ballast water ⓘ
relatedTo	Convention on Biological Diversity NERFINISHED ⓘ MARPOL Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	carriage of a Ballast Water Record Book ⓘ implementation of a Ballast Water Management Plan on ships ⓘ installation of approved ballast water management systems ⓘ survey and certification of ships for ballast water management ⓘ training and familiarization of crew in ballast water management procedures ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ
shortName	BWM Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	ballast water ⓘ invasive aquatic species ⓘ marine environment protection ⓘ

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this entity surface form: International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments

IMO convention → examplesInclude → Ballast Water Management Convention ⓘ