Ballast water record book/Книга учета балластных вод

Together with the enclosed instructions, this is the Official Ballast Water Record Book of the Maritime Administrator. This Book has been designed so that it may be used by ALL ships for recording ballast water operations.
In accordance with regulation B-2 of the annex to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship’s Ballast Water and Sediments, a record is to be kept of each ballast water operation. This includes discharges at sea and to reception facilities.
List of items to be recorded
(A) When ballast water is taken on board from the aquatic environment (ballasting operation)
(B) When ballast water is discharged into the aquatic environment (deballasting operation)
(C) Whenever ballast water is exchanged, or treated in-tank or treated through internal circulation
1 Ballast Water exchange
2 Ballast water internal circulation for treatment or in-tank treatment
(D) Uptake or discharge of ballast water from/to a port-based or reception facility
(E) Accidental discharge/ingress or other exceptional uptake or discharge of ballast water
(F) Failures and inoperabilities1 of the ballast water management system
(G) Ballast tank cleaning/flushing, removal and disposal of sediments
(H) Additional operational procedures and general remarks