Tag: ship- recycling

After HKC Certification, NYK sent the first ship in Bangladesh for green recycling. According to the company, PHP Ship Recycling Facility, has become the first yard in Bangladesh to be certified by NYK as compliant with the company’s environmental, safety, and human rights standards.

GMS announced the second Bangladeshi ship recycling yard as compliant with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) guidelines for the Hong Kong Convention (HKC). Significant steps towards greener ship recycling practices in South Asia are being taken.

Wreckdock Vessel Recycling, newfound eco-friendly vessel recycling facility company in Saudi Arabia, is asking for investors to support its efforts.

HMM Co., South Korea’s container shipper has signed an agreement with marine waste management company Foresys to establish a circular environment system using discarded mooring ropes. HMM generates about 20 tons of waste from worn-out mooring lines every year, which have been sent to landfills or incinerated as waste.

The Elegant Exit Company (EEC) announced the acquisition of the Wan Hai 165, a vessel built in 1998, from Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines. This acquisition is part of EEC's commitment to sustainable and responsible ship recycling practices.

Monitoring serves as a powerful tool to ensure that contracts, ethics and compliance processes continue to work and improve. argues Mr. Rohit Agarwal, Managing Partner at GUIDESHIP CONSULTING SERVICES LLP.

According to the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, shipbreaking on the beaches of South Asia continues to cause serious harm to workers and the environment despite plunge in number of ships scrapped.

Battery technology seems to be in the center of marine electrification and is seen as a solution to energy efficiency. Lithium-ion batteries are the ones that currently dominate battery technology in the shipping industry. But, using more and more batteries raises the question of their disposal in the spirit of cradle-to-grave sustainability.

What is considered to be the largest recycling operation of a production vessel (FPSO) ever has started in Vats, Rogaland, Norway, as the 235-metre-long production vessel "Curlew" was loaded-in by a float-over and subsequent site move operation.

Mrs Pia Meling, Managing Director of Grieg Green, shares her perspectives on how to push sustainable ship recycling higher on industry’s agenda, highlighting that as well as we have opened our eyes towards seafarer wellbeing and rights, now it’s time to tackle with working conditions at ship recycling facilities.