Preliminary results of the CIC on Ballast Water Management

From 1 September 2025 to 30 November 2025, the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Black Sea Region (BS MoU) carried out a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) focusing on Ballast Water Management.
The campaign involved the member Authorities of the BS MoU that have ratified the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (BWM Convention). This CIC was conducted under the campaign coordination of the Maritime Administration of Türkiye. This campaign was conducted in conjunction with the Paris and Tokyo Memoranda, utilizing their joint Guidelines and Questionnaires. The campaign shows the following preliminary results.