Saint Lucia has acceded to four IMO treaties including the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, what brings the number of states having accepted the convention to 50, representing 34.81% of the world’s merchant fleet tonnage.
The convention adopted in 2004 is scheduled to enter into force 12 months after passing the required gross tonnage threshold of 35% and ratification by 30 states.
Under the BWM convention, all ships in international traffic are required to manage their ballast water and sediments to a certain standard.
Specifically, Saint Lucia has acceded to four IMO treaties, including:
According to BIMCO, it seems likely that the BWM Convention will be ratified by the states, having sufficient tonnage threshold, during 2016 and subsequently enter force into 2017.