The Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022

Ballast water exchange standard

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12.—(1) Where the sequential method of ballast water exchange is used, it must achieve 95 per cent volumetric exchange of ballast water.

(2) Where the pump-through method of ballast water exchange is used—

(a)at least three times the volume of the ballast water tank must be pumped through that tank; or

(b)it must achieve 95 per cent volumetric exchange of ballast water.