Tag: ship- recycling

NGOS do not support the new EU Ship Recycling Reguation

Regulations related to end-of-life ships vessels

The Human Cost of Breaking Ships

Working in a Ship- breaking Yard - Part 1

Working in a Ship Breaking Yard - Part 2

This new regulation will establish a list of EU approved ship recycling facilities Ireland's Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan TD, has welcomed the agreement reached with the European Parliament on the EU Ship Recycling Regulation, heralding it as an important instrument to achieve the safe and environmentally sound recycling of EU ships at end-of-life.This new regulation will establish a list of EU approved ship recycling facilities requiring high standards to ensure that EU flagged ships are properly recycled and that waste materials contained therein are properly managed throughout the recycling process, preventing negative environmental impacts while also safeguarding the health of workers in the facilities.The EU regulation is the first legislative instrument adopted at regional level in respect of this significant waste stream containing hazardous substances.Minister Hogan said:"Up to now, EU ships have generally been dismantled and recycled at sub-standard sites operating to low standards in 3rdcountries. From the date of application of this regulation, this practice will now have to cease in respect of EU-flagged ships. Ships will instead have to be properly recycled in approved facilities operating to high environmental and worker safety standards.""I would also hope that this new EU regulation will ...

New site for improving global shipbreaking practices

Ship-breaker potential

65th session, from 13 to 17 May 2013 The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meets for its 65th session from 13 to 17 May 2013, at IMO Headquarters in London.Items on the busy agenda include the implementation of energy-efficiency regulations and the ballast water management and ship-recycling treaties.Furtherguidelines on energy-efficiency measures for ships to be consideredThe MEPC is expected to continue its work on further developing technical and operational measures relating to energy-efficiency measures for ships, following the entry into force, on January 2013, of the new chapter 4 of MARPOL Annex VI, which includes requirements mandating the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), for new ships, and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP), for all ships.The Committee will review draft guidance developed by a correspondence group, including:draft guidelines for determining minimum propulsion power to maintain the manoeuvrability of ships in adverse conditions;draft guidance on treatment of innovative energy-efficiency technologies for calculation and verification of the attained EEDI; anddraft guidelines for the calculation of the coefficient fw for decrease in ship speed in a representative sea condition.Resolution on technical cooperation for energy efficiency measures to be discussedThe MEPC is expected to further consider the ...

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