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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a treaty document that attempts to codify the international law of the sea. It came into force on 16November 1994. At 7 November 2012, 164 States were parties to UNCLOS.

(1) The Paris MoU in EU maritime States and Croatia, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Canada; (2) the Caribbean MoU; (3) the Tokyo MoU in "Pacific rim" nations; (4) the Latin American Agreement (Acuerdo de Vina del Mar) in South and Central America; (5) the Mediterranean MoU in the Eastern Mediterranean; (6) the Indian Ocean MoU in nations bordering and within the Indian Ocean; (7) the Abuja MoU in West and Central Africa; and (8) the Riyadh MoU in Gulf Co-operation Council countries (UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait). The US Coast Guard Port State Control Program operates unilaterally in the USA and US territories (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa).

 

A process by which replacement ballast water is filled through the top of the ballast tank or hold intended for the carriage of water ballast with simultaneous discharge from the bottom at the same flow rate and maintaining a constant level in the tank or hold. At least three times the tank or hold volume must be pumped through the tank or hold.

 

Ships, regardless of date of build, as follows: (1) passenger ships including passenger high-speed craft; (2) oil tankers, chemical tankers, gas carriers and cargo high-speed craft of 500 GT and upwards; and (3) other cargo ships and mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) of 500 GT and upwards. (Reg. IX/2. 1) (Note: Under SOLAS regulation I/1(a), regulation IX/2.1 applies only to ships on international voyages.)

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