Tag: ship- recycling

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

ClassNK has announced that it has issued the world's second Statement of Compliance to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Marine Service Co., Ltd. confirming that it is in compliance with the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009.

Norwegian Cruise Line and Waste Management

Company sells its less efficient ship for recycling

Worlds biggest ship breaking yard

Maersk Line Triple-E: Total vessel recycling

The Human Cost of Breaking Ships

Working in a Ship- breaking Yard - Part 1