3 Recommendations for Requirements of Manufacturers or Their Agents
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3 Recommendations for Requirements of Manufacturers or Their Agents

  3.1 To facilitate Type Approval of a BWMS, the Administration should ensure that the manufacturers, or their agents have, at minimum:

  • .1 been informed if the Administration delegates to or utilizes the services of a third party quality assurance organization (e.g. recognized organization, nominated body, classification society, surveyors, etc.) in some, or all of the type approval processes;

  • .2 understood the steps and requirements of the processes outlined in the documents listed in section 2 of this Guidance;

  • .3 a fully working system built that can be used in the type approval process. It should be noted that the construction procedures and materials for the unit tested need to be the same as for the follow-on production units;

  • .4 undertaken preliminary testing to ensure that their BWMS is viable, will meet the D-2 standard of the BWM Convention, will work on board a ship and that the system has been determined not to pose any unacceptable risk to the environment;

  • .5 understood the extent of testing that needs to be completed by a recognized testing facility, including toxicity analysis;

  • .6 provided a description of the preliminary test to the Administration that should at least include the following:

    • .1 the test set-up, including sampling points;

    • .2 responsible persons/organizations for all or portions of the preliminary testing;

    • .3 possible Quality Management Plan (QMP) of the testing facility;

    • .4 testing laboratories that will be used;

    • .5 Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for the preliminary test; and

    • .6 provision for survey of the test facility, if required;

  • .7 provided a detailed report of the preliminary test results including, at least:

    • .1 toxicity data;

    • .2 Active Substances if relevant; and

    • .3 any Other Chemicals generated during the process;

  • .8 an understanding of whether the system under consideration uses an Active Substance as defined in the BWM Convention. If it utilizes an Active Substance, the system will require additional approval under Procedure (G9), whilst the systems not using an Active Substance only need approval under the BWMS Code;

  • .9 a contractual agreement to undertake the shipboard testing needed under the BWMS Code with the owner of a suitable ship;

  • .10 arranged for a trained person from the land-based testing facility to operate the equipment being type-approved and ensure that for the shipboard test the ship's crew is familiar with the equipment and sufficiently trained to operate the equipment;

  • .11 consulted with the classification society that the ship undertaking the shipboard testing is being registered, where necessary, and obtained approval for installation of the BWMS;

  • .12 demonstrated by using mathematical modelling and/or calculations or by full-scale shipboard testing, that any up or down scaling will not affect the ultimate functioning and effectiveness on board a ship of the type and size for which the equipment will be certified. In doing so, the manufacturers should take into account all relevant guidance developed by the Organization;

  • .13 prepared a type approval application in compliance with the BWMS Code, annex, part 1, which includes at least the following:

    • .1 detailed description of the design, construction, operation and functioning of the BWMS;

    • .2 preliminary assessment of the corrosion effects of the system proposed;

    • .3 preliminary test results;

    • .4 technical manual;

    • .5 BWMS piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID);

    • .6 link to the provisions required in a ballast water management plan;

    • .7 environmental and public health effects; and

    • .8 specific salinities to be tested;

  • .14 provided the following, when submitting the Type Approval application:

    • .1 sufficient information to verify operation in different salinity ranges (fresh, brackish and marine water) in which the BWMS will operate;

    • .2 sufficient information to verify operation in the different temperature ranges (cold, temperate and tropical) in which the BWMS will operate;

    • .3 sufficient information to verify operation with the different sediment loads under which the BWMS will operate;

    • .4 sufficient information to verify operation of the minimum effective treatment flow rate as well as the maximum Treatment Rated Capacity (TRC) including the duration of these tests; and

    • .5 suggestions for improvements of the installation related to safety or additional testing R&D;

  • .15 made all laboratory-scale and, if appropriate, full-scale land-based test results and documentation, including all unsuccessful, failed and invalid tests, available to the Administration; and

  • .16 made all shipboard test results and documents, including all unsuccessful, failed and invalid tests as well as detailed information of the test set up and flow rate at each test cycle, available to the Administration.

  3.2 In accordance with paragraphs 4.17 to 4.22 of the Code for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS Code), Administrations should ensure that type-approved BWMS have a suitable self-monitoring system that will monitor and record sufficient data to verify correct operation of the system. Administrations should make every effort to ensure that newly installed BWMS that have already been granted type approval meet this recommendation within one year following approval of this Guidance. Administrations should issue treatment system particulars, including details of the self-monitoring system (as described in document MEPC 61/INF.19), for all type-approved systems.

Parent topic: Annex – Guidance for Administrations on the Type Approval Process for Ballast Water Management Systems
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