Ballast Water Record Book, 7th Edition 2026 Garmin Bluechart Chapter 2 - Buoyancy

Chapter 2 - Buoyancy

Ocean currents are shown as green arrows indicating their prevailing direction and rate in knots

ECDIS was designed to give the mariner greater spatial awareness in increasingly dangerous and hazardous conditions

and it is not surprising that it occurred to him that a survey was needed to help ships avoid the many uncharted dangers along the coast

Terms in common use to describe these various roles include Loading Master

Ballast Water Record Book, 7th Edition 2026 Garmin Bluechart Chapter 2 - BuoyancyOverview The Ballast Water Management Convention (2004) requires all ships to implement a ballast water management plan; ships must carry a ballast water record book (BWRB) and complete ballast water management procedures to a given standard. This BWRB provides the means to record all the information necessary for compliance with the BWM Convention. All the information that features across the four sections included in this record book is in