Tag: Hong Kong Convention

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has published a short video on the Hong Kong Convention which is aimed at ensuring that ships, when being recycled, do not pose any unnecessary risks to human health, safety and to the environment.

Jacqueline Tan, Legal Services Manager, UK P&I Club, discusses ship recycling in light of the Hong Kong Convention's entry into force, and reviews various regulations on the subject.

International Ship Recycling Association (ISRA) issued a press statement to express its appreciation of the recent ratification by Bangladesh and Liberia of the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) which was adopted in 2009. Following this ratification the criteria for the convention to enter into force in June 2025 have now been met.

As the Hong Kong Convention is finally coming into force, Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) Partner Nick Walker and Associate Lauren Buchan, raise some immediate questions on what the global framework for ship recycling will look like.

NGOs warn that Hong Kong Convention requirements fall short of ensuring ethical, safe and environmentally sound ship recycling and risk undermining existing laws and efforts to reform the sector’s dangerous and polluting practices.

On its latest weekly report, GMS warns that Pakistan is at real risk of being left behind as a ship-recycling nation, having failed in upgrading their facilities to follow Hong Kong Convention guidelines.

After Bangladesh and Liberia ratified the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (the Hong Kong Convention), it is now expected to enter into force.

After Bangladesh and Liberia ratified the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (the Hong Kong Convention), it is now expected to enter into force.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), has expressed their congratulations to Bangladesh on its accession to Hong Kong ship recycling convention. 

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) welcomes the leadership shown by principal ship recycling country Bangladesh for agreeing to ratify the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (Hong Kong Convention).