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000007545 037__ $$aGENERAL
000007545 245__ $$aThe Evolving World of BWMS Approvals
000007545 269__ $$a2017-01-13
000007545 336__ $$aConference Proceedings
000007545 520__ $$aRevisions to the Guideline 8 (G8) type approval procedures for ballast water management systems (BWMS) were recently completed during the seventieth session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 70).  Key changes to G8 and their potential to impact the testing and availability of approved BWMS are considered.  The additional approvals, such as US Coast Guard type approval, classification society approvals, and flag State approvals that BWMS manufacturers are required to obtain are also proving to be evolutionary.  These various BWMS approvals, their complexities and how they interplay with each other are discussed.  Further, conceptual solutions related to streamlining BWMS approvals in support of ballast water regulation implementation are presented.
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000007545 6531_ $$aballast water management system type approval
000007545 6531_ $$aIMO type approval
000007545 6531_ $$aUSCG type approval
000007545 6531_ $$aclassification society approval
000007545 6531_ $$aGuideline 8
000007545 7001_ $$aMerksamer, Marcie M.$$uEnviroManagement Inc.
000007545 773__ $$jBWTC 2017
000007545 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of BWTC
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000007545 8564_ $$973232cd4-5b4e-420b-ba4e-29d9626dac29$$s421848$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7545/files/10_24868BWTC6_2017_014.pdf