APPROVAL OF BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENET PLAN ON BEHALF OF ESTONIA

Dsse From: Ronnberg, Niklas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 5:50 PM To: Rene Arikas <[email protected]> Subject: APPROVAL OF BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENET PLAN ON BEHALF OF ESTONIA Dear Rene, Hopefully everything is well with you and you have had a good summer. I have a question concerning the Approval of Ballast Water Management Plans for ships under Estonian flag. We have currently the Plan for Viking XPRS under approval and some questions has been raised concerning the possible exemptions for not exchanging Ballast Water in Estonian Waters. Do we need an exemption granted by you to be able to approve the manual and can you grant any exemptions prior to ratification the convention? Do we have any authorization for approval before you have ratified the convention or should the approval be made by you? Best regards, Niklas Niklas Rönnberg Sales and Marketing Manager Finland and the Baltic States E: [email protected] T: +358 (0) 207 918 300 M: +358 (0)50 440 8630 Lloyd’s Register EMEA Aleksanterinkatu 48 A, FI-00100 Helsinki Visit www.lr.org Working together for a safer world Lloyd’s Register and variants of it are trading names of Lloyd’s Register Group Limited, its subsidiaries and affiliates. Lloyd’s Register EMEA (Reg. no. 29592 R) is a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 in England and Wales. Registered office: 71 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 4BS, UK. A member of the Lloyd’s Register group.