Your BWTS tripped in port due to high turbidity. Here is the correct bypass procedure under IMO MEPC.387(81) and what your Ballast Water Record Book entry must contain to pass PSC inspection.
June 2026 · Scrubbers / EGCS · 7 min read
IMO adopted the new ECA at MEPC 84. It does not introduce a new sulphur limit. What it does is remove the one compliance option OSPAR was already closing off — in the same waters, on the same timeline.
On 1 May 2026, MEPC 84…
June 2026 · BWTS · 8 min read
IMO just approved the amendments that close the EBP and rewrite the compliance rules for every vessel with a ballast water management system. They enter into force in 2028. The preparation window is now.
For the past nine years, the BWM Convention has operated under an informal…
Category: Ballast Water Management / Port State Control
The IMO's Experience-Building Phase for ballast water — a multi-year data collection programme that ran through 2025 — has concluded. What follows is stricter PSC enforcement. On top of that, two procedural changes already came into force in 2025 that every superintendent should have acted on by…
Category: EU Emissions Trading System / Decarbonisation
The EU Emissions Trading System has been phasing in for shipping since 2024. That phase-in is over. From January 2026, shipping companies must cover 100% of their CO₂ emissions on EU voyages — and for the first time, methane and nitrous oxide are included too. The financial impact…
Category: Exhaust Gas Cleaning / Emissions Compliance
If your vessel uses an open-loop scrubber, your compliance window is getting shorter. Several European countries have already banned scrubber discharge in their waters, and a wider regional ban is coming. Here is what you need to know and when you need to act.
What has already happened…
