Preparing for the 2025 CIC: ballast water management

Nicholas Goubert, of Ocean Technologies Group/Lloyd's Register OneOcean, discusses the incoming regulations around ballast water management

For maritime vessels, concentrated inspection campaigns (CICs) play a critical and strategic role in the enforcement of port state control (PSC) regimes. These campaigns are highly focused, time-bound inspections that supplement routine PSC checks by concentrating on specific areas of concern across the maritime industry.