Tag: ship- recycling

According to GMS' latest report, Trump’s twisted tariff tantrums went terminal this week after his self-imposed July 1st deadline to major U.S. trade partners on presenting potential proposals to offset his tariffs saw no response from trading nations that were in his crosshairs.

According to NGO Shipbreaking Platform, Turkey’s ship recycling hub in Aliağa is under intense scrutiny following a series of alarming incidents and systemic failures.

According to GMS' latest report, as we firmly pass the halfway point of 2025, July has continued on with global economies suffering in unison, on the back of erratic trade policies emanating from a White House that seems to have got the car in drive while reversing off a cliff.

In an exclusive interview with IHM expert Henning Gramann, who is the CEO at GSR Services GmbH, we explore how the ship recycling landscape is set to change with the long-anticipated implementation of the Hong Kong Convention (HKC), along with the challenges it presents regarding the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM).

According to GMS' latest report, the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) finally entered into force on 26 June with big changes underway for the industry, particularly in the Bangladeshi and Pakistani markets who still have a lot of work to do and catch up to the strides India has already made in upgrading their facilities over the last decade.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Office for Pakistan invites proposals from qualified consultants to conduct a diagnostic study of the ship recycling value chain in Pakistan.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, as the Hong Kong Convention enters into force, Chief Shipping Analysis, Niels Rasmussen, updates the estimate for the ship recycling potential over the next 10 years.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has implemented the Ship Recycling Regulation (UAE SRR) to promote environmentally sound and safe ship recycling practices, in alignment with the Hong Kong Convention, which comes into force on 26 June.

The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships enters into force on 26 June 2025, establishing mandatory regulations to govern the way ships are recycled.  

NGO Shipbreaking Platform has raised alarm over that fact that just weeks before the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships is set to take effect on 26 June, a worker died at Alang, the world’s largest shipbreaking yard.