Tag: ship- recycling

While the EU list of approved active recycling yards has increased, the rules still don’t reflect commercial realities and lags behind on capacity to scrap large commercial ships, BIMCO said. 

A 54-year-old Norwegian shipowner has been sentenced to six months in prison for providing assistance in the controversial demolition export of the ship Eide Carrier (later renamed Tide Carrier, Harrier). The shipowner was charged with complicity in waste exports in violation of the Pollution Control Act.

The European Union (EU) has given some support on the obligations under the EU Ship Recycling Regulation to have the IHM on board by the 31st December 2020. 

The UK MCA brings the attention of UK ship owners, operators and the UK’s maritime industry as to what certification may be required in relation to the EU Ship Recycling Regulation 2013 from 1st January 2021, for UK ships 500GT and over.

In the 7th edition of the European List of ship recycling facilities, the European Commission has four new yards to the List. These include notably two European yards, one in Denmark and Norway, and two more yards in Turkey.

A total of 170 ships were broken in the third quarter of 2020 and 110 of these were sold to the beaches of South Asia, where shipbreaking activities continued to put workers’ lives at risk, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, latest data by NGO Shipbreaking Platform reveals. 

On 2 November 2020, it will be 500 days since the last VLCC left active service when it went on its final journey from Jeddah to Bangladesh for dismantling, Peter Sand, BIMCO’s Chief Shipping Analyst noted.

On October 20, 2020, the European Commission (EC) has issued guidelines on the enforcement of obligations under the EU Ship Recycling Regulation relating to the Inventory of Hazardous Materials of vessels operating in European waters (2020/C 349/01) acknowledging reports from industry stakeholders that COVID-19 restrictions have led to significant difficulties in surveying ships and producing certified IHMs. 

The Standard Club discussed the importance of ship recycling, referring to the challenges that the industry faces, as well as the regulations that exist.

Following journalistic investigation, the Icelandic authorities have brought to the public prosecutor a case of illegal export of the container ships GODAFOSS and LAXFOSS to the Indian beach of Alang for dirty and dangerous scrapping.