Adding ballast to the convention

摘要

Currently, the B WT convention stands with 33 States that have ratified the convention, fulfilling the 30 states needed, but only representing 26.46% of the Worlds tonnage leaving a further 8.54% still needed for the convention to be ratified.Other large owner led flag state countries that have larger tonnage have held back on ratifying the convention due to the growing list of outstanding issues that need to be resolved, such as how the convention will be enforced, how useful the Type Approval process is from the owners perspective and where the US stands with it regulations for ballast water treatment systems.