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1 What is the Ballast Water Management Convention? The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water & Sediments was adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2004, it is intended to prevent the spread of invasive species and to protect biodiversity. The Convention will prohibit
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CMID Users’ attention is drawn to the software update now available for the eCMID database. Software version v2.0.0.5 can be downloaded from the eCMID website and is also accessible via the ‘Check for Updates’ feature in the ‘help’ option in the eCMID application itself. This software update has been developed
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Members will recall that there were reports at the end of 2015 that the tonnage criteria for the BWM convention had been reached, and that the 12 month countdown to entry into force had started. IMO has been rechecking the tonnage figures and has now confirmed that the tonnage threshold
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Members’ attention is drawn to the second edition of the Lloyd’s Register (LR) guidance to clients on battery installations (attached), covering the hazards associated with them, and LR’s approach to approving them. The guidance is generic and applies to all electric and hybrid configurations and is based on LR’s experience
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Members will wish to be aware that new guidelines for cyber security measures onboard ships have been published by BIMCO in a document supported by Cruise Lines International Association, the International Chamber of Shipping, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners and the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners. The
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Members may have seen reports that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ballast Water Management Convention will enter into force world-wide on 24 November 2016. However, this has not yet been confirmed by IMO, because the ratification figures are still being checked. The Convention will enter into force 12 months after
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Members will wish to be aware that the accreditation scheme for vessel inspectors using the IMCA M 149 – Common marine inspection document and IMCA M 189 – Common marine inspection […]
The finalised version of the British and European Standard BS EN 12021:2014 – Respiratory equipment – Compressed gases for breathing apparatus – was released in late 2014. As well as its obvious application to diving breathing gas, the new BS EN 12021, which has superseded BS EN 12021:1999, is also
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Updated February 2016 – please check for the latest version at www.imca-int.com/marine This information note is issued to provide additional guidance when making entries in the IMCA Dynamic Positioning (DP) […]
This information note is to make members aware that the use of agent or private security company supplied armed guards onboard vessels in Nigerian waters may be considered by Nigerian Navy authorities to be in breach of regulations. This could result in legal action including detention of personnel found to
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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 10/13, IMCA M 19/13
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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 07/13, IMCA C 06/13, IMCA M 13/13
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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 08/13, IMCA M 14/13
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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA M 07/13
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