When your vessel is bound for a Canadian port, offshore terminal or anchorage, Canadian authorities want to know how you manage your ballast water. This is to protect their waters from invasive species and to comply with the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention and Canada’s own Ballast Water Regulations. One of the key requirements is the Canadian Ballast Water Reporting Form (BWRF). What Canada Expects in General A Ballast Water Reporting Form must be sent for all tanks,