Ballast Water Management Convention for Panama flagged ships (Revision) Tec No.:TEC- 1165 (1006kb) Contact:Classification Department Issued:2 Oct 2018 We have updated the instruction about the validity of "Statement for Ballast Water Management Plan" issued by Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) and the procedures to apply the full term certificate to PMA which were introduced by the previous ClassNK Technical Information No.TEC-1108 dated 2 May 2017 as shown below. Revision/ modification parts are underlined parts. For more details, please refer to the attached latest version of Merchant Marine Circular MMC-345. This Technical Information supersedes the previous ClassNK Technical Information No.TEC-1108. 1. Examination of Ballast Water Management Plan (BWMP) (1) BWMP should take into account IMO Resolution MEPC.127(53)(*1) and be approved by Panama Maritime Authority. (BWM Plans are required to be