BWM Convention reaches ratification target, says IMO

The Ballast Water Management Convention will come into force on 24 November 2016 if Indonesias ratification means that signatories represent the required 35% of global tonnage.

Indonesian minister of transportation Ignasius Jonan, deposited the instrument of acceptance with outgoing IMO secretary general Koji Sekimizu during the general assembly

The Ballast Water Management Convention will come into force on 24 November 2016 if Indonesias ratification means that signatories represent the required 35% of global tonnage.