The MEPC also approved:
• Guidance on entry or re-entry of ships into exclusive
operation within waters under the jurisdiction of a
single Party (IMO, 2014e);
• Revision of the GESAMP–BWWG methodology for
information gathering and conduct of work (IMO,
2014f).
Having noted that the total number of type-approved
ballast water management systems so far was fortytwo,
the Committee encouraged all States that have
not yet become Parties to the International Convention
for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast
Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) to do so at
their earliest opportunity