Company: TEN-PE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001193125-25-079101
Chunk: 88

Company: TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 88
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 only operate in waters under the jurisdiction of one party to the BWM Convention and on the high seas, warships, naval auxiliary or other ships owned or operated by a state, or permanent ballast water in sealed tanks on ships. Furthermore, flag administrators may issue exemptions from the BWM Convention for ships engaged on occasional or one-off voyages between specified ports or locations, or ships that operate exclusively between specified ports or locations, such as ferries. Amendments to the BWM Convention came into force on June 1, 2022. These include changes to the form of the IBWM certificate and rules requiring commissioning testing of ballast water management systems at the ship's initial survey or during an additional survey for retrofits. This test is required before the BWM certificate for D-2 is issued, but does not apply to ships that already have a certified ballast water management system installed.

Various proposals for ballast water management were made at MEPC 79. Draft amendments to Appendix II of the Annex to the BWM Convention were approved at MEPC 79, as well as a unified interpretation of paragraph 4.10 of the BWMS Code, and a revised unified interpretation of regulation E-1.1.5 of the BWM Convention and the Form of the International Ballast Water Management Certificate. Final approval was also granted at MEPC 79 to two ballast water management systems which make use of Active Substances.

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MEPC 80 saw the approval of the Convention Review Plan, as well as adoption of amendments to Appendix II of the Annex to the BWM Convention, on the Form of Ballast Water Record Book. The new form of the Ballast Water Record Book applies from 1 February 2025. A unified interpretation of the form of the International Ballast Water Management Certificate (IBWMC), and of regulations B-3.5 and B-3.10 (regarding the date of construction for ships which have undergone conversion) of the BWM Convention were also approved. Final approval was also granted at MEPC 80 to two ballast water management systems which make use of Active Substances.

MEPC 81 adopted a resolution on Interim guidance on the application of the BWM Convention to ships operating in challenging water quality conditions. MEPC 81 also approved Guidance on temporary storage of treated sewage and/or grey water in ballast water tanks, and adopted amendments to regulations A-1 and B-2 of the BWM Convention on electronic record books