BWMS & BWTS
To prevent the introduction of harmful aquatic species into new environments by shipping which have been thought to be a major threat to marine ecology and have been devastating in many areas of the IMO adopted the Ballast Water Management Convention in 2004 at a diplomatic conference in London and eventually the convention entered into force on 17th September 2017.
More than 65 states representing more than 70% of the total world tonnage signed the BWM Convention.