Tag: Hong Kong Convention

On 30 December, 2013 The EU Regulation on Ship Recycling will enter into force on 30 December, 2013.The new EU Regulation will allow ships flying the flag of an EU member state to be scrapped outside the EU provided that strict standards are met. These standards effectively mean the end of "beaching" where ships are simply taken apart on a beach, with consequences for human health and the environment. In future, EU-registered ships will have to be dismantled in EU-approved ship recycling facilities which must fulfilspecific requirements, be certified and be regularly inspected.Non-EU ships, as well as EU ones, will be covered by the regulation insofar as they will have to carry aninventory of hazardous materials when calling at EU ports. Enforcement measures, including penalties, are to be set by member states. The regulation will apply to ships at the earliest 2 years and at the latest 5 years after its entry into force, the eventual date depending upon when the recycling capacity of facilities on the EU list exceeds a threshold of 2.5 million light displacement tonnes.Earlier this year, the European Parliament (EP) adopted at plenary session in Strasbourg a legislative resolution on a new Ship Recycling Regulation by ...

ClassNK : First Statement of Compliance for Ship Recycling Facility

On 30 October the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER I) has found an agreement on a compromise text for a Council decision supporting the ratification of the Hong Kong Convention - the Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the ratification of or the accession to the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound recycling of ships, 2009, in the interests of the European Union.

Parliament backs plans to halt reckless scrapping of old ships The European Parliament (EP) adopted on 22 October 2013 at plenary session in Strasbourg a legislative resolution on a new Ship Recycling Regulation by a large majority of the votes. The European Parliament backed plans agreed with EU Ministers to end the scrapping of old EU-registered ships on third-country beaches and ensure they are recycled in EU-approved facilities worldwide instead. The adopted text is the result of a compromise agreement reached last June in Trilogue between the Council under the Irish Presidency, the Parliament and the Commission. The new EU Regulation will allow ships flying the flag of an EU member state to be scrapped outside the EU provided that strict standards are met. These standards effectively mean the end of "beaching" where ships are simply taken apart on a beach, with consequences for human health and the environment.According to the European Parliament press release, the MEPs say that seaching ships to scrap them jeopardises workers' health, safety and the environment. "I want to stress that this is not an attack against India, Bangladesh or Pakistan - the countries that currently practice beaching - but against the dangerous and highly ...

Human remains found near Costa Concordia wreck according to Italian Civil Protection announcement

Regulations related to end-of-life ships vessels

Norway is first to accede to Hong Kong ship recycling treaty

New site for improving global shipbreaking practices

First UKAS accreditation for Asbestos surveying

Saving the Hong Kong convention