The Marshall Islands registry (RMI) said it will support proposals that would allow a five-year trial period for shipowners to comply with new ballast water management regulations.
“The RMI will support proposals for bringing revised Guidelines for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (G8) in line with the United States Environmental Technology Verification (ETV), so that a system approved for the US Coast Guard can be approved for the BWMC, and vice-versa,” the registry said in a statement issued in Piraeus.
“The
