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• Ballast water management convention will come in to force from 08^th September 2017.

• Panama Flag administration has adopted resolution A.1088.(28) of 4^th December 2013 in order to support a phased implementation and ensure smooth transition to the D-2 performance standard of the convention between 2017 an 2022.    

• The vessels to comply with regulation D-2 (installation of BWMS) by the first IOPP renewal survey after 8^th September 2017.

• Panama administration has issued Merchant Marine Circular MMC-342 (copy attached) for de-harmonizing of IOPP certificate due dates from the HSSC system of the statutory certificate for their vessels to allow the renewal of IOPP survey before implementation date of BWMC (due 8^th September 2017).

• Ship owners and managers intending to prepone the IOPP renewal survey may forward their request to Panama administration for approval on case-by-case basis.

• The request to be forwarded to authorizations@segumar.com in Panama along with:

1. Class Status Report
2. Confirmation from the RO providing proposed date and place to carry out in advance the IOPP renewal survey.

• Preponed renewal survey of IOPP certificate complying all the requirements to be completed in afloat condition.

• Ship owners/ operators and masters are advised to be guided by above

Enclosure:

1. Panama Administration Merchant marine circular MMC-342 reg. Implementation of IMO resolution A.1088 (28).

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