Are your vessels ready to arrive in Australian territorial waters?

Australia is known for its beautiful waters and biodiversity, and from 15 June 2022, Australia will introduce new requirements to preserve its wildlife even better. Aligned with the IMO guidelines in the making, but making headway by introducing their own local set of regulations, Australia will introduce a new set of regulations and requirements in June 2022.

So, what does that mean to you? If you are a vessel operator calling Australian ports, you will be subjected to stricter requirements when it comes to having a plan for how you intend to handle your biofouling and the execution of such plan.

As an underwater service provider, this is something that is dear to our hearts at C-Leanship. We understand the challenges vessel owners come across when facing such requirements and the needs to perform regular inspections and cleanings of your hulls and niche areas, not to mention the documentation of this. We also understand the challenges of staying up to date on current regulations introduced globally, and at individual country-level, which is the very reason for this blog post.

With this blog post, we wish to help you understand what is required from you and invite you in for a talk about how we can help you do what is required from you. When reading the following, try and ask yourself these questions.

1. Implementation of an effective biofouling management plan; or
2. Cleaned all biofouling within 30 days prior to arriving in Australian territory; or
3. Implementation of an alternative biofouling management method pre-approved by the department.

A vessel operator that has not applied one of the three accepted biofouling management practices will be subject to further questions and assessment of the biosecurity risk associated with biofouling on the vessel.

C-Leanship is ready to offer you highly efficient and necessary underwater services using ROV Technology in both Busan and Singapore.